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A cent is the basic unit of many modern currencies. There are 100 cents to the major unit of currency.

The word cent derives from the Latin "centum" meaning hundred.

Depending on the origin of the coin, cent may be written as cent, centi, senti, centavo, centisimo and a variety of other words based on the root word cent.

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