[sɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a monetary unit in various countries, equal to one hundredth of a dollar, euro, or other decimal currency unit
(e.g: the pound is down two cents at one dollar forty)

- one hundredth of a semitone


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘a hundred’): from French cent, Italian cento, or Latin centum ‘hundred’