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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Cent

/sĕnt/ · IPA /sɛnt/
01 n. A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.
  1. 1.
    A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.
  2. 2.
    A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.
  3. 3.
    An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.