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cent

noun
 
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(abbreviation c, ct)
Idioms
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  1. a coin and unit of money worth 1% of the main unit of money in many countries, for example of the US dollar or of the euro分（辅币单位，相当于许多国家主币面值的 1%，如美元或欧元的 1%）；分币
    • A one-minute phone call to the UK cost 10 cents.一分钟打到英国的电话要花10美分。
    • The price of diesel was increased by 17 cents per litre.柴油价格每升提高了17美分。
    • The $300 he'd spent on a ticket was worth every cent.他花在机票上的300美元值得每一分钱。
    see also per cent, red cent
    Homophones cent | scent | sentcent   scent   sent
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    • cent noun
      • Not one cent of their profits goes to charity.他们的利润中没有一分钱用于慈善事业。
    • scent noun
      • The delicious scent of freshly baked bread floated to his window.新鲜出炉的面包的香味飘到他的窗户上。
    • sent noun (past tense, past participle of send)
      • I sent her a thank you letter.我给她发了一封感谢信。
    Topics Moneya1
    Extra Examples
    • Directors recommended a dividend of 60 cents per share.董事建议每股派息60美分。
    • Subscribers pay 99 cents a song.订户为一首歌曲支付99美分。
    • The company offered its creditors 30 cents on the dollar (= 30 cents for every dollar it owed them).该公司向债权人提供了30美分的美元收益（等于欠债权人的每一美元30美分）。
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘a hundred’): from French cent, Italian cento, or Latin centum ‘hundred’.
Idioms
put in your two cents’ worth (North American English)
(British English put in your two pennyworth, put in your two penn’orth)
  1. (informal) to give your opinion about something, even if other people do not want to hear it发表意见（即使别人不想听）Topics Opinion and argumentc2