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Noun: cent  sent
  1. A fractional monetary unit of several countries
     
  2. A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
    - penny, centime

Sounds like: scent, sent

Derived forms: cents

Type of: coin, fractional monetary unit, rupee, Sri Lanka rupee, subunit

Part of: birr, bob [UK, informal], British shilling, dollar, Dutch florin, florin, guilder, gulden, leone, lilangeni, Mauritian rupee, rand, rupee, Seychelles rupee, shilling

Encyclopedia: Cent