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noun sɛn 1A monetary unit of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia, equal to one hundredth of a dollar in Brunei, one hundredth of a riel in Cambodia, one hundredth of a rupiah in Indonesia, and one hundredth of a ringgit in Malaysia. Example sentencesExamples - At present, MAS charges an average of 32.5 sen (100 sen equal 1 ringgit or $0.26) per kilometer.
- The unit of currency is the Malaysian Ringgit which is divided into 100 sen.
- To reduce the government subsidy on fuel, Mahathir said diesel and petrol prices will increase by 10 sen per liter (100 sen = $0.3) to 0.80 and 1.20 ringgit respectively.
- Diesel oil is 67 sen per liter in Malaysia compared to 133 sen in Thailand.
2A former monetary unit in Japan, equal to one hundredth of a yen. Example sentencesExamples - In 1907, when an inner-city train ticket cost between three and five sen, a made-to-order suit required an average of twenty to twenty-five yen.
- For example, a belt made from tortoise shell was available for only one yen and fifty sen in Japanese money.
Origin Sen (sense 1 of the noun) represents cent; sen (sense 2 of the noun) is of Japanese origin. abbreviation 1British Special educational needs. 2(in the UK) State Enrolled Nurse.
Definition of sen in US English: sennounsen 1A monetary unit of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia, equal to one hundredth of a dollar in Brunei, one hundredth of a riel in Cambodia, one hundredth of a rupiah in Indonesia, and one hundredth of a ringgit in Malaysia. Example sentencesExamples - At present, MAS charges an average of 32.5 sen (100 sen equal 1 ringgit or $0.26) per kilometer.
- To reduce the government subsidy on fuel, Mahathir said diesel and petrol prices will increase by 10 sen per liter (100 sen = $0.3) to 0.80 and 1.20 ringgit respectively.
- Diesel oil is 67 sen per liter in Malaysia compared to 133 sen in Thailand.
- The unit of currency is the Malaysian Ringgit which is divided into 100 sen.
- 1.1 A former monetary unit in Japan, equal to one hundredth of a yen.
Example sentencesExamples - In 1907, when an inner-city train ticket cost between three and five sen, a made-to-order suit required an average of twenty to twenty-five yen.
- For example, a belt made from tortoise shell was available for only one yen and fifty sen in Japanese money.
Origin Sen (sense 1 of the noun) represents cent; sen (sense 2 of the noun) is of Japanese origin. |