cent : Idioms & Phrases
fifty-cent piece
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noun a United States coin worth half of a dollar
half dollar.
WordNet
Per cent , Per centum
- by the hundred; in the hundred; used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent.
commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, %
Webster 1913
red cent
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noun something of little value
tinker's dam; tinker's damn; hoot; damn; darn; shucks; shit.
- his promise is not worth a damn
- not worth one red cent
- not worth shucks
