1
: a monetary unit equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of a basic unit of value (such as dollar, euro, rand) see birr, dollar, euro, leone, lilangeni, nakfa, rand, rupee, shilling at Money Table
2
: a coin, token, or note representing one cent
3
: the fen of the People's Republic of China
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Noun
A dime is worth 10 cents.
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Though most of his property was destroyed in the fire, a carnival operator named Bunny Gibbons bought Gein's car and charged 25 cents for people to view it until authorities shut down the operation.
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Noun
Over 13,200 messages came during that window, a 32 per cent rise on the previous year.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Tansley Stearns, president and CEO at Community Financial Credit Union, told Newsweek the gap is not just about dollars and cents.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Though most of his property was destroyed in the fire, a carnival operator named Bunny Gibbons bought Gein's car and charged 25 cents for people to view it until authorities shut down the operation.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Skull regularly sat on a bench outside the club, inviting people into the club where patrons could get a hamburger for 25 cents, two eggs for 50 cents and a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer for 35 cents.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Cent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cent. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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