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'cent' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'cent' with 15 example sentences.


cent noun

: a fractional monetary unit of several countries

: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit


  • Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.
  • Aboriginal Australians make up about 3 per cent of the population.
  • A dollar is equal to a hundred cents.
  • This candy costs eighty cents.
  • I don't have a cent, let alone a dollar.
  • The VAT in Germany is 19 per cent.
  • This translation is not worth a red cent.
  • Only three per cent of the population of England uses RP.
  • I'd like to buy two 45-cent stamps, please.
  • He makes five per cent on what he sells.
  • They were about 25 cents a pound cheaper.
  • He lives hand to mouth and never saves a cent.
  • Please lend me ten cents.
  • I've lost about 80 cents.
  • He robbed me of every cent I had.
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