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The following obsolete currencies have also had a subdivision named the '''cent'''. In all cases, the cent was 1/100 of the primary unit. | The following obsolete currencies have also had a subdivision named the '''cent'''. In all cases, the cent was 1/100 of the primary unit. | ||
* [[British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group) | * [[British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group) dollar]] | ||
* [[British Guiana | * [[British Guiana dollar]] | ||
* [[British Honduras | * [[British Honduras dollar]] | ||
* [[British North Borneo | * [[British North Borneo dollar]] | ||
* [[Chatham Islands | * [[Chatham Islands dollar]] | ||
* [[Cingalese | * [[Cingalese rupee]] | ||
* [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands | * [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands rupee]] | ||
* [[East African and Ugandan | * [[East African and Ugandan rupee]] | ||
* [[East African | * [[East African florin]] | ||
* [[East African | * [[East African shilling]] | ||
* [[Malayan | * [[Malayan dollar]] | ||
* [[Malayan and British Borneo | * [[Malayan and British Borneo dollar]] | ||
* [[Mauritian | * [[Mauritian dollar]] | ||
* [[New Brunswick | * [[New Brunswick dollar]] | ||
* [[Newfoundland | * [[Newfoundland dollar]] | ||
* [[Nova Scotian | * [[Nova Scotian dollar]] | ||
* [[Penang | * [[Penang dollar]] | ||
* [[Prince Edward Island | * [[Prince Edward Island dollar]] | ||
* [[Rhodesian | * [[Rhodesian dollar]] | ||
* [[Sarawak | * [[Sarawak dollar]] | ||
* [[Sealand | * [[Sealand dollar]] | ||
* [[Sierra Leoneian | * [[Sierra Leoneian dollar]] | ||
* [[Straits Settlements | * [[Straits Settlements dollar]] | ||
* [[Zanzibari | * [[Zanzibari rupee]] | ||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
Revision as of 12:06, 20 December 2007
The cent is a unit of money in a large number of countries, always signifying one hundrednth of the basic monetary unit. The word cent is derived from the Latin centum, meaning "hundredth".
The cent is a subunit, equal to 1/100 of the primary unit, of the following monetary units:
- Australian dollar
- Bahamian dollar
- Barbados dollar
- Belizean dollar
- Bermudan dollar
- Bruneian dollar
- Canadian dollar
- Cayman Islands dollar
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands dollar
- Cook Islands dollar
- Cypriot pound
- East Caribbean States dollar
- Eritrean nakfa
- Estonian kroon
- European Union euro (adopted by 13 of the EU member nations)
- Fijian dollar
- Guyanese dollar
- Hong Kong dollar
- Principality of Hutt River dollar
- Jamaican dollar
- Kenyan shilling
- Kiribati dollar
- Liberian dollar
- Maltese pound
- Mauritian rupee
- Namibian dollar
- New Zealand dollar
- Pitcairn Islands dollar
- South African rand
- Seychelles rupee
- Singaporean dollar
- Sierra Leone leone
- Solomon Islands dollar
- Somaliland shilling
- Sri Lankan rupee
- Surinam dollar
- Swaziland lilangeni
- New Taiwan dollar
- Tanzanian shilling
- Trinidad and Tobago dollar
- Tuvaluan dollar
- Ugandan shilling
- United States dollar
- Zimbabwean dollar
The following obsolete currencies have also had a subdivision named the cent. In all cases, the cent was 1/100 of the primary unit.
- British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group) dollar
- British Guiana dollar
- British Honduras dollar
- British North Borneo dollar
- Chatham Islands dollar
- Cingalese rupee
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands rupee
- East African and Ugandan rupee
- East African florin
- East African shilling
- Malayan dollar
- Malayan and British Borneo dollar
- Mauritian dollar
- New Brunswick dollar
- Newfoundland dollar
- Nova Scotian dollar
- Penang dollar
- Prince Edward Island dollar
- Rhodesian dollar
- Sarawak dollar
- Sealand dollar
- Sierra Leoneian dollar
- Straits Settlements dollar
- Zanzibari rupee
In other languages
Currencies used primarily in non-english-speaking countries often have similar names derived from centum; these include the French centime and the centavo, used in several Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries.
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