Definitions

1. noun

a unit of currency in some countries, especially France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, equal to one-hundredth of a euro

“The price of the souvenir is 5 euros, which is about 50 cents.”

2. noun

a unit of currency in the United States, equal to one-hundredth of a dollar, especially a small amount of money

“I only had a few cents to my name when I first moved to the city.”

3. noun

a small or insignificant amount of something

“The fire was reduced to nothing but a few cents of ash and embers.”

4. noun

a part of something, especially one of the 100 equal parts into which something is divided

“She took a cent of the company’s profits as her share of the profit.”

5. noun

a circle of people or things

“The cent of the city’s population lived in the suburbs.”

6. verb

to take or get a small or insignificant amount of something

“The company has been centing on sustainable energy sources.”

7. verb

to reduce something to nothing but a small or insignificant amount

“The company has been centing its operations in the past few years.”