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Cent
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.
(2):
(n.) An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; - so called because 100 points won the game.
(3):
(n.) A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cent.html. 1828.