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A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.

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Usage examples (40)
  • (taking) more than 90 days in 36 per cent of cases, Defense 27 per cent and Immigration 22 per cent�. (p 10 Coopes 2007)
  • 317,006,060 01 3 per cent, annuities, the price being at 75 ftr. cent%.
  • The 1943 Lincoln copper cent is a fascinating coin
  • Now in polling terms 68 per cent is a formidable number.
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  • The cent (a penny) he sent (past of send) had a strange scent (smell).
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