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cent
cent S1 W1 /sent/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: 'hundred', from Latin centum
1. 1/100th of the standard unit of money in some countries. For example, there are 100 cents in one dollar or in one euro: symbol ¢
2. put in your two cents’ worth American English to give your opinion about something, when other people do not want to hear it
not one red cent at red1(7)