The difference between Cent and Penny
When used as nouns, cent means a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. symbol: ¢, whereas penny means in the united kingdom and ireland, a copper coin worth of a pound sterling or irish pound before decimalisation. abbreviation: d.
Penny is also verb with the meaning: to jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cent and Penny
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Cent as a noun (money):
A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
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Cent as a noun (informal):
A small sum of money.
Examples:
"He [[blow blew]] every last cent."
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Cent as a noun (money):
A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
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Cent as a noun (money):
A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
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Cent as a noun (music):
A hundredth of a half step.
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Cent as a noun:
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Cent as a noun (obsolete, except in ''per cent''):
One hundred.
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Cent as a noun:
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Cent as a noun:
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Penny as a noun (historical):
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
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Penny as a noun:
In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p.
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Penny as a noun (historical):
In Ireland, a coin worth of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
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Penny as a noun:
In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
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Penny as a noun:
In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
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Penny as a noun:
A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
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Penny as a noun:
Money in general.
Examples:
"to turn an honest penny'"
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Penny as a verb (slang):
To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
Examples:
"Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall."
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Penny as a verb (electronics):
To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.