Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 74 compound words that contain cent. The most common are listed below. Open cent in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- per centAlternative form of percent: For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
- red centA copper penny.
- half centA coin of the United States worth $0.005 and minted at certain times from 1793 to 1857.
- cent percentSynonym of one hundred percent: Complete, entire, whole, perfect.
- Fugio centThe first official circulation coin of the United States, minted in 1787, made from copper and bearing the Latin word fugio (“to flee”), in reference to time flying by.
- ten-cent storeA store selling inexpensive items.
- Cent. Afr. Rep.Abbreviation of Central African Republic: A country in Central Africa. Capital and largest city: Bangui. Formerly called Ubangi-Shari.
- dollar-and-centAlternative form of dollars-and-cents: Considered or expressed in terms of money.
- fifty cent armyAlternative form of 50 cent army.
- ten-centtwo-bit (insignificant or worthless); cheap (both inexpensive and poorly made).
- fifty-cent tourA fast and general introduction to a place.
- one hundred per centAlternative form of one hundred percent: Complete, entire, whole, perfect.
- ten-cent wordA short and common word used in place of a longer and more uncommon one.
- ten-cent storesplural of ten-cent store: A store selling inexpensive items.
- ten-cent tourA basic or makeshift tour; a quick trip around.
- ten-cent toursplural of ten-cent tour: A basic or makeshift tour; a quick trip around.
- ten-cent wordsplural of ten-cent word: A short and common word used in place of a longer and more uncommon one.
- fifty-cent toursplural of fifty-cent tour: A fast and general introduction to a place.
- twenty-five cent wordSynonym of ten-dollar word: A long and uncommon word used in place of a shorter and simpler one with the intent to appear sophisticated.
- twenty-five cent wordsplural of twenty-five cent word: A long and uncommon word used in place of a shorter and simpler one with the intent to appear sophisticated.
Compound words 74
- tricentennialThe 300th anniversary of an event or happening.
- tricentA li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
- bitcentOne hundredth of a bitcoin.
- trecentosexagesimalBased upon the number three hundred and sixty
- centralBeing in the centre.
- percentFor every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
- centuryA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The …
- VincentA male given name from Latin.
- crescentThe figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- descentAn instance of descending; act of coming down.