🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

セント記号

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sento kigō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cent sign/ˈsɛnt ˌsaɪn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"価格の表示にセント記号が使われています。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A typographical symbol (¢) representing the monetary unit of a cent, equal to one-hundredth of a basic currency unit such as the US dollar.

    "The price tag listed the piece of candy at 5 cents, complete with the cent sign."
  2. 2

    A character used in digital encoding standards to represent the currency sign for cents.

    "Make sure your text editor supports UTF-8 to correctly display the cent sign."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'cent', derived from the Latin 'centum' meaning 'hundred' via French, and 'sign', originating from the Latin 'signum' meaning a mark or token. It emerged in typography and commerce during the 18th century as the monetary unit for one-hundredth of a dollar or other decimal currencies.

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