Synonym: centime, penny. Similar words: Cent., scent, accent, ascent, per cent, lucent, recent, center. Meaning: [sent] n. 1. a fractional monetary unit of several countries 2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.
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151, In the first half of this year the total coal output rose by eighty per cent as compared with that of last year.
152, About 70 per cent of its profits are being ploughed back into the investment programme.
153, More than 70 per cent of my time has been spent in teaching.
154, The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling.
155, Company can supply by 2-3 per cent of what we need.
156, The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year.
157, It accounts for 25 per cent of all traffic accidents.
158, Defence expenditures chewed up 41 per cent of the budget.
159, Ninety-five per cent of its magnificent collection will remain inaccessible to the public.
160, There were 39, 000 new cases last year - an increase of 7 per cent.
161, I got 96 per cent, he got 94, so I beat him by a short head.
162, A career as an actor requires one hundred per cent commitment.
163, March and April sales this year were up 8 per cent on the corresponding period in 1992.
164, 47 per cent of women in the UK take a size 16 or above.
165, The government will be looking to reduce inflation by a further two per cent this year.
166, Sixty per cent of all marital separations occur before the tenth year of marriage.
167, Only nine per cent were found to be genuine political refugees.
168, Economic growth has averaged at a respectable 2.5 per cent.
169, Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road.
170, Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.
171, About 60 per cent of an average car is sourced from outside of the manufacturer.
172, The view was that the economy would grow by 2.25 per cent. This would limit unemployment to around 2.5 million.
173, The fall in the value of the yen might result in a fractional increase in interest rates of perhaps a quarter of one per cent.
174, The Cambodian currency was effectively devalued by 25 per cent.
175, Research has shown that hormone replacement therapy can reduce the risk of fracture by 50 to 60 per cent.
176, One per cent commission is charged for cashing traveller's cheques.
177, 70 per cent of airports in the Far East will have to be upgraded.
178, Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.
179, The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population.
180, The U.S. coins of the lowest denomination is the cent.