| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  s nt |
| NOUN: | abbr. ct. See table at currency. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, hundred, from Latin centum. See dek in Appendix I. | | OUR LIVING LANGUAGE: | The plural of cent is cent in some varieties of vernacular Southern English when preceded by a numeral: That costs eighty cent. The lack of the plural suffix –s in such constructions is also found with units of measurement like foot and pound. See Note at foot.
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