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Pronunciation / Transliteration: paise
"चॉकलेट की कीमत पचास पैसे है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of currency equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
"The candy costs fifty cents." - 2
A term used to refer to small amounts of money in general.
"He found a few cents on the ground."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'cents' originates from the Latin 'centum', meaning 'hundred'. It evolved through Old French 'cent' before entering English in the late 14th century, where it came to denote a fractional monetary unit, specifically one-hundredth of a dollar in the United States.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cents" is said worldwide
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centimes
Transliteration: sɑ̃tim
"Le bonbon coûte cinquante centimes."
Cent
Transliteration: tsɛnt
"Das Bonbon kostet fünfzig Cent."
centesimi
Transliteration: tʃenteˈzimi
"La caramella costa cinquanta centesimi."
centavos
Transliteration: senˈtavos
"El dulce cuesta cincuenta centavos."
centavos
Transliteration: sẽtaˈvus
"O doce custa cinquenta centavos."
पैसे
Transliteration: paise
"चॉकलेट की कीमत पचास पैसे है।"
分
Transliteration: fēn
"糖果的价格是五十分。"
센트
Transliteration: senteu
"사탕은 오십 센트입니다."
セント
Transliteration: sento
"キャンディは五十セントです。"
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