cent
Hundredth of dollar
A cent is one hundredth of a dollar, the smallest unit of U.S. currency.
The physical coin is also called a penny.
Cent appears in other currencies divided into hundredths: the euro, the Canadian dollar.
I don't have a cent to my name means having no money at all.
My two cents is a modest opinion offered.
One-cent piece
- nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
- dimeU.S. ten-cent coin
- quarterOne of four parts
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
zinc · Lincoln · heads · tails · obverse · reverse · mintmark · planchet
Basic U.S. currency unit
- euroShared continental currency
- pesoLatin American currency
- rupeeIndian monetary unit
- yenPersistent strong craving
yuan · exchange · cash · payment · transaction · purchase · debit · credit
Sustained price level increase
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- costRequired payment amount
Study of currency
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- rareSeldom found or seen
- vintageQuality from past eras
- auctionCompetitive public sale
collector · grading · uncirculated · proof · condition · series · edition · catalog
Ordinal for one hundred
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- decimalTenths-based notation
- basis pointHundredth of one percent
- fractionPart divided by whole
Lacking any value
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- pittanceInsultingly small payment
- triflingOf no real importance
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
penny
One-cent piece
copper · zinc · Lincoln · heads · tails · obverse · reverse · mintmark · planchet · denomination
dollar
Basic U.S. currency unit
yen · yuan · exchange · cash · payment · transaction · purchase · debit · credit · funds
inflation
Sustained price level increase
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
cost · price · savings · budget · expense · value · worth · afford
numismatics
Study of currency
auction · collector · grading · uncirculated · proof · condition · series · edition · catalog · album
hundredth
Ordinal for one hundred
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- decimalTenths-based notation
- basis pointHundredth of one percent
worthless
Lacking any value
- two centsInformal term for opinion
- fifty centsHalf a dollar's worth
- 11th centurySecond millennium's first hundred years
- twenty-first centuryYears 2001 through 2100
- 21st centuryYears 2001 to 2100
- turn of the centuryPeriod bridging two eras
century, percentage, cents, percent, centipede, percentages, centennial, centenary, bicentennial