1
: a monetary unit equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of a basic unit of value (such as dollar, euro, rand) see birr, dollar, euro, leone, lilangeni, nakfa, rand, rupee, shilling at Money Table
2
: a coin, token, or note representing one cent
3
: the fen of the People's Republic of China
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Noun
A dime is worth 10 cents.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
This represents a 3 cent increase to the amount paid in the previous quarter.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
With this promotion, the price per mile drops from 2.54 cents to 1.27 cents — a significant savings compared to Alaska’s usual rate of around 1.7 cents per mile at its best.
—Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Shares in the company slid by 11 cents, or just over 4 percent, to $2.48 in after-market trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Noun
Analysts had been looking for $3.13 billion in sales and EPS of 99 cents, according to LSEG, and $797 million in operating EBITDA, according to FactSet.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
This represents a 3 cent increase to the amount paid in the previous quarter.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
With this promotion, the price per mile drops from 2.54 cents to 1.27 cents — a significant savings compared to Alaska’s usual rate of around 1.7 cents per mile at its best.
—Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Shares in the company slid by 11 cents, or just over 4 percent, to $2.48 in after-market trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Cent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cent. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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