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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Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Say a bond comes out at par and sinks to 90 cents on the dollar as rates rise.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The company also expects earnings to be breakeven, while analysts had penciled in a profit of 6 cents per share.
—Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Net income plummeted to $409 million, or 12 cents a share, from $1.39 billion, or 41 cents a share, a year earlier.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Netherlands international has made the second-most interceptions (56) and has completed 88.9 per cent of his 1,754 passes, according to FBRef, attempting the 13th-most passes.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Say a bond comes out at par and sinks to 90 cents on the dollar as rates rise.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The company also expects earnings to be breakeven, while analysts had penciled in a profit of 6 cents per share.
—Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Net income plummeted to $409 million, or 12 cents a share, from $1.39 billion, or 41 cents a share, a year earlier.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Cent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cent. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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