CENT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.

2.
n.

A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.

3.
n.

An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game. Nares.


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