cent
/sent/noun
उच्चारण सेन्ट
सेंट
Core word
- 1
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
number + cents (coin or money)
A cent is one hundredth of a dollar, euro or similar unit. After a number above one, the plural cents is used: fifty cents.
'Cent' डॉलर, यूरो या ऐसी इकाई का सौवाँ भाग है। एक से अधिक संख्या के बाद plural 'cents' आता है: fifty cents।
- The sweet costs seventy-five cents.
- He found a cent on the pavement.
per cent / percent (percentage)
In British English per cent is written as two words, and percent as one word is American. Both come from cent, meaning hundred.
ब्रिटिश English में 'per cent' दो शब्दों में लिखा जाता है, जबकि एक शब्द 'percent' अमेरिकी है। दोनों 'cent' (सौ) से बने हैं।
- Radhika scored ninety per cent in English.
- Prices rose by five per cent.
not a cent / not one cent
In negative sentences, not a cent means no money at all. It stresses a complete lack.
नकारात्मक वाक्यों में 'not a cent' का अर्थ बिलकुल भी पैसा नहीं है। यह पूर्ण अभाव पर बल देता है।
- He did not pay a cent for the repairs.
- She did not have a cent left in her purse.
cent- (prefix, hundred)
The root cent also appears in century, centimetre, centipede and centigrade. It always has the idea of hundred or hundredth.
मूल 'cent' century, centimetre, centipede और centigrade में भी आता है। इसमें सदैव सौ या सौवें भाग का भाव रहता है।
- A century has a hundred years, and a centimetre is a hundredth of a metre.
cent in everyday talk
In informal talk, two cents means one's small opinion. For example, 'just my two cents' politely offers a view.
अनौपचारिक बातचीत में 'two cents' का अर्थ किसी की छोटी राय है। जैसे 'just my two cents' विनम्रता से अपना मत रखता है।
- If I may add my two cents, I think we should start earlier.
+Collocations 5
number + cents
ten centstwenty-five centsfifty centsninety-nine centsa few cents
- The pencil costs twenty-five cents in the American shop.
cent + noun
coinpieceratevalueincrease
- A cent coin is small and made of copper.
per cent + noun
per cent riseper cent fallper cent marksper cent discountper cent interest
- The bank offers a seven per cent interest rate.
verb + per cent
rise byfall byscoreincrease byreduce by
- Fuel prices rose by two per cent last month.
cent + currency
US centeuro centCanadian centpennyrupee paise
- One rupee is made up of a hundred paise, just as a dollar has a hundred cents.
“More examples 6
- A dollar is made up of one hundred cents.
एक डॉलर सौ cents से बनता है।
- The shopkeeper gave a discount of ten per cent.
दुकानदार ने दस प्रतिशत की छूट दी।
- Radhika's cousin in Canada sent her a one-cent coin as a gift.
कनाडा में रहने वाली राधिका की चचेरी बहन ने उसे उपहार में एक-cent का सिक्का भेजा।
- Not one cent of the money was spent on the road.
उस धन का एक भी cent सड़क पर खर्च नहीं हुआ।
- The pass mark for the paper is thirty-three per cent.
इस पेपर के पास होने के अंक तैंतीस प्रतिशत हैं।
- Radhika asked her teacher why per cent is written as two words in British English.
राधिका ने शिक्षक से पूछा कि ब्रिटिश English में 'per cent' दो शब्दों में क्यों लिखा जाता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The toffee costs fifty cent.
✓ The toffee costs fifty cents.
After a number above one, cent takes -s when it means the coin.
सिक्के के अर्थ में एक से अधिक संख्या के बाद 'cent' में -s लगता है।
✗ He scored eighty percents.
✓ He scored eighty per cent.
Per cent never takes -s.
'Per cent' में कभी -s नहीं लगता।
?Which word?
Homophones: cent, sent (past of send) and scent (a pleasant smell) are all /sent/; per cent means for each hundred.
Homophones: cent, sent (send का past) और scent (सुगंध) सब /sent/ हैं; per cent का अर्थ प्रति सौ है।