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cent-
(SENT)hundred
Latin for hundred. A century is a hundred years; a cent is one one-hundredth of a dollar.
prefixLatin
Number & quantitySpellings:centcenti
Example words
century
a hundred years
centimeter
one one-hundredth of a meter
centennial
a one-hundred-year mark
percent
out of one hundred
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