Definition of Cent

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Definition of Cent

Cent

A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.

A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.

An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.

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Cent Quotations

Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.
Robert Frost

I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
Jerry Garcia

There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look like editorial pages, you will attract about 50 per cent more readers.
David Ogilvy

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
Mike Tyson

I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time.
Will Ferrell

Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
Steve Irwin

I went to a record store and asked for 50 cent. They kicked me out for pan-handling.
Jay London

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?
Sydney J. Harris

Artists aren't really people. And I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache.
Steven Morrissey

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.
Stephen Fry

Cent Translations

cent in Afrikaans is sent
cent in Dutch is cent
cent in Finnish is sentti
cent in French is centime
cent in Hungarian is cent
cent in Portuguese is centavo

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