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cent

noun
cent pronunciation English sent cent pronunciation American sent
(abbr. c, ct)
 
a coin and unit of money worth 1% of the main unit of money in many countries, for example of the US dollar or of the euro
see also per cent, red cent
Idioms

put in your two cents' worth

(North American English) (British English put in your two pennyworth, put in your two penn'orth) (informal) to give your opinion about something, even if other people do not want to hear it