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cent /sent/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]  1. PEC1/100th of the standard unit of money in some countries. For example, there are 100 cents in one dollar or in one euro: symbol ¢ 分〔货币单位，符号为¢〕2. put in your two cents’ worth American EnglishTHINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to give your opinion about something, when other people do not want to hear it 〔在别人不想听的时候〕发表意见 → not one red cent at red1(7)From Longman Business Dictionarycentcent /sent/ noun [countable]FINANCE 0.01 of the main currency unit in some countries, for example 0.01 of a dollar or a euroThe price of oil rose 36 cents to $61.95 a barrel. → see also percent2Origin cent (1300-1400) Old French “hundred”, from Latin centum

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of 1/100th of in the standard unit money Business

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cent S1 W1 /sent/ noun [countable]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)

🔑 centBrE /sent/ 🔊NAmE /sent/ 🔊 noun (abbreviation c, ct) 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  ➡  see also per cent noun, red cent ●put in your two ˈcents' worth(NAmE) (BrE put in your two ˈpennyworth, put in your two ˈpenn'orth) (informal) to give your opinion about sth, even if other people do not want to hear it 发表意见（即使别人不想听）