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cent

cent

noun CHENT Rare

Origin: French/English cent, ultimately Latin centum (hundred)

Also means

euro cent

Usage Note

Cent (also centesimo) is the one-hundredth subdivision of the euro. The word is invariable in Italian — the plural is also cent, following the foreign-word convention. In everyday speech Italians more commonly say centesimo / centesimi, while cent appears on price tags and in commercial contexts.

Examples

"Costa cinquanta cent."

Natural Translation

It costs fifty cents.

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