cent S1 W1 /sent/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: 'hundred' , from Latin centum ]
1 . 1/100th of the standard unit of money in some countries. For example, there are 100 cents in one dollar or in one ↑ euro : symbol ¢
2 . put in your two cents’ worth American English to give your opinion about something, when other people do not want to hear it
⇨ not one red cent at ↑ red 1 (7)