Used in a Sentence

cents

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cents.

Editorial note

So again - you think it's economical to invest 2k into a device that lets me save 40 cents on Ketchup?

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Abbreviation of center. [The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cents gathered in one view.

noun

Abbreviation of center. [The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.]

noun

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

noun

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cents.

noun

Abbreviation of center. [The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.]

noun

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

noun

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

noun

(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

Example sentences

1

So again - you think it's economical to invest 2k into a device that lets me save 40 cents on Ketchup?

2

My 2 cents, is they agreed to a price and code so they should pay.

3

My two cents: raise all the points along with one or two advices, this way she/he won't feel attacked but rather helped.

4

What I'd like is paying a few cents for a specific article in a hassle-free way.

5

There's a new generation facility coming online near Vegas that's going to be selling solar at around 4 cents/kwh, the lowest price in the nation.

6

If it was 50 cents per MB, are you still going to enjoy that delightful little advertisement that just cost you 3 bucks to see?

7

So for the extremely simple numbers: a kerosine lamp uses about 0.025 - 0.030 litres of fuel per hour, and a litre costs about 60 cents.

8

I'm just a nobody but these are my 2 cents for what it's worth.

9

The cost of electricity for running a desktop computer is on the order of 2 cents per hour (assuming it draws around 200 W while browsing).

10

With 8,000$ worth of AWS credit, you would probably get a few cents worth of Bitcoin.

11

( 1 cent per vote, 2 cents to comment, 5 cents to down vote ( and downvotee gets it ) ), and penalties ranging in 10s - 1000s of dollars based on severity of misbehaviour.

12

Given the wikipedia cited total price of ~USD 0.40/kwh, and the breakdown linked below showing that the actual cost of the electricity is only 18% of that, 7.2 cents per kwh, a 3.1 cent per kwh renewable energy subsidy is pretty significant...

Quote examples

1

Also, "Over the past three years, electric rates in California rose by 2.18 cents per kilowatt-hour—about four times the rate nationally—as more solar and wind power has come online.

2

For instance, when you visit the page for Article X on news site Y, maybe Y's response includes a header that says it requests a donation, with some suggested value like "10 cents".

3

Whats interesting is the fact that they license their tech to any other app that wants barcode scanning functionality in exchange for 10% cut of the sales (10 cents on the dollar) so the "app" will live past the success of redlaser.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cents in a sentence?

So again - you think it's economical to invest 2k into a device that lets me save 40 cents on Ketchup?

What does cents mean?

Abbreviation of center. [The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.]

What part of speech is cents?

cents is commonly used as noun.