cent

noun

1. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

   “It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.”

2. (informal)A small sum of money.

   “He blew every last cent.”

   “Every cent aside from his own expenses for the barest kind of living went to his down-and-out buddies.”

3. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
4. A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
5. A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
6. A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of century.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, obsolete)Abbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”).

   “And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.”

   “The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.”

9. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of centigrade.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of center.