Cents, Pence ------ You can refer to the penny as a copper, cent or a pence.
Cent has one syllable.
The prefix cent- derives from the Latin word cent, meaning 100.
It derives from the latin word "centum," meaning hundred. Thus, a cent is a hundredth of a dollar.
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At the time, I was down on my luck and didn't have a cent to my name.
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A quarter
The 50 cent word as we used to say would be the French one 'ARGOT'. A 'cant' would be another term for secret lingo. ...innuendo, slang, encrypted sentences, a riddle may be others.
The root part of the word "century" is "cent," which is derived from the Latin word "centum" meaning "one hundred."
A cent is the basic unit of many modern currencies. There are 100 cents to the major unit of currency. The word cent derives from the Latin "centum" meaning hundred. Depending on the origin of the coin, cent may be written as cent, centi, senti, centavo, centisimo and a variety of other words based on the root word cent.