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# cent

noun (cent, cents)

«cent» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cent is a small coin or amount of money; a hundred cents make a dollar or a euro. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#m1)
2. «Per cent» means out of a hundred: 50 per cent is half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#m2)

### In the lessons

the money the prices are told in: a dollar is 100 cents; money in cents is counted like things; the sign ¢ means cents; phrases: «N cents», «a cent», «per cent», «not a cent»

### Examples

- A pencil costs 3 cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x1)
- Anna has 50 cents and spends 20 cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x2)
- How many cents does Tom have left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x3)
- A dollar is 100 cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x4)
- I found a 5-cent coin under the sofa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x5)
- Gum costs 75¢. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x6)
- 50 per cent of 10 is 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x7)
- I don't have a cent left! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x8)
- And I paid four cents for you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/#x9)

### Note

«A dollar is 100 cents.» Money in cents is counted like things. Trap: 100 cents make one dollar, so change cents to dollars before mixing them. Trap: «cent», «scent» (a smell) and «sent» sound the same. In the UK, 100 pence make a pound.

## In Jewish tradition

the money the prices are told in: a dollar is 100 cents; money in cents is counted like things; the sign ¢ means cents; phrases: «N cents», «a cent», «per cent», «not a cent»

### Note

«A dollar is 100 cents.» Money in cents is counted like things. Trap: 100 cents make one dollar, so change cents to dollars before mixing them. Trap: «cent», «scent» (a smell) and «sent» sound the same. In the UK, 100 pence make a pound.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cent.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cent.html) on Mova free.