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cent

/sent/US // sɛnt //UK // (sɛnt) //

分,分钱,分数,分值

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one 100th of the dollar, or other basic monetary unit, of various nations, including the United States. Symbol: ¢, c
    • : penny: Sorry, I’ve only got two dimes, a nickel, and four cents.
    • : a monetary unit of certain European Union countries, one 100th of a euro.

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Examples

  • The digital coin, priced at less than a cent when it was created more than a decade ago, now has a market capitalization of more than $802 billion, according to CoinDesk.

  • It has a rainy-day fund of more than $10 billion that will allow it to keep the lights on without another cent coming through the door for about 70 days.

  • Where the apps have really come under fire is the many less than honest methods of competing with each other while squeezing out every possible cent from restaurants.

  • Scoring 50 per cent, Soeder was the third-most popular politician, while Merz scored 37 per cent in sixth place, Laschet 31 per cent in eighth and Roettgen 29 per cent in ninth.

  • To get the most bang for your buck—or suction power for your cents—choose a corded model that doesn’t compromise on extras.

  • For example, since 2011 it has been adding 30 per cent more capacity per year on flights to Puerto Rico.

  • The Wall Street Journal reported that in the U.S. 44 per cent of drinkers aged between 21 and 27 had never even tried Budweiser.

  • In Kentucky the bourbon distillers have had to increase their payrolls by 77 per cent in two years to meet the demand.

  • Force senators, their spouses and their immediate family to report their wealth down to the last dollar and cent.

  • And--crucially--if no one gets 50 per cent of the vote, the top two candidates face off on December 6th.

  • The Act permits member banks to accept an amount of bills not exceeding 50 per cent.

  • We did not talk much about the past at dinner, except—ah me, how bitterly we regretted our 10 per cent.

  • Up to the present, I have not received a cent from the revolutionists or from the Spanish Government to cover these expenses.

  • The percentage of gold to the notes—the main demand liability—has, of course, fallen from about 65 to 35 per cent.

  • At present this medium is paper money depreciated, as in the case of the Reichsbank notes, by nearly 30 per cent.