centnoun [ C ]
uk/sent/us/sent/A2 a unit of money worth 0.01 of a dollar, or a coin with this value:
A call will cost you around 25 cents.
On the foreign exchanges the pound rose two cents against the dollar.
a unit of money worth 0.01 of a euro
More examples
- When he arrived in America he didn't have a cent.
- On the foreign exchanges the pound rose two cents against the dollar to $1.52.
- The accounts department is niggling me for ten cents they say I owe them.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
North American money
- buck
- C-note
- dime
- dollar
- dollar sign
- G, g
- greenback
- nickel
- penny
- quarter
- smacker
- toonie
- two bits