cent

noun

• 1a monetary unit in various countries, equal to one hundredth of a dollar, euro, or other decimal currency unit: the pound is down two cents at one dollar forty he was paid 40 cents an hour
• informal a small sum of money:she saved every cent possible
• [with negative] informal used for emphasis to denote no money at all:he hadn’t yet earned a cent

• 2 Music one hundredth of a semitone.