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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