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* [[Cayman Islands dollar]] | * [[Cayman Islands dollar]] | ||
* [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands dollar]] | * [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands dollar]] | ||
* [[Cook Islands | * [[Cook Islands dollar]] | ||
* [[Cypriot pound]] | * [[Cypriot pound]] | ||
* [[East Caribbean States dollar]] | * [[East Caribbean States dollar]] | ||
* [[Eritrean nakfa]] | * [[Eritrean nakfa]] | ||
* [[Estonian | * [[Estonian kroon]] | ||
* European Union [[ | * European Union [[euro]] (adopted by 13 of the EU member nations) | ||
* [[Fijian | * [[Fijian dollar]] | ||
* [[Guyanese | * [[Guyanese dollar]] | ||
* [[Hong Kong | * [[Hong Kong dollar]] | ||
* [[Principality of Hutt River | * [[Principality of Hutt River dollar]] | ||
* [[Jamaican | * [[Jamaican dollar]] | ||
* [[Kenyan | * [[Kenyan shilling]] | ||
* [[Kiribati | * [[Kiribati dollar]] | ||
* [[Liberian | * [[Liberian dollar]] | ||
* [[Maltese | * [[Maltese pound]] | ||
* [[Mauritian | * [[Mauritian rupee]] | ||
* [[Namibian | * [[Namibian dollar]] | ||
* [[New Zealand | * [[New Zealand dollar]] | ||
* [[Pitcairn Islands | * [[Pitcairn Islands dollar]] | ||
* South African [[ | * South African [[rand]] | ||
* [[Seychelles | * [[Seychelles rupee]] | ||
* [[Singaporean | * [[Singaporean dollar]] | ||
* Sierra Leone [[ | * Sierra Leone [[leone]] | ||
* [[Solomon Islands | * [[Solomon Islands dollar]] | ||
* [[Somaliland | * [[Somaliland shilling]] | ||
* [[Sri Lankan | * [[Sri Lankan rupee]] | ||
* [[Surinam | * [[Surinam dollar]] | ||
* Swaziland [[ | * Swaziland [[lilangeni]] | ||
* [[New Taiwan | * [[New Taiwan dollar]] | ||
* [[Tanzanian | * [[Tanzanian shilling]] | ||
* [[Trinidad and Tobago | * [[Trinidad and Tobago dollar]] | ||
* [[Tuvaluan | * [[Tuvaluan dollar]] | ||
* [[Ugandan | * [[Ugandan shilling]] | ||
* [[United States | * [[United States dollar]] | ||
* [[Zimbabwean | * [[Zimbabwean dollar]] | ||
The following obsolete currencies have also had a subdivision named the '''cent'''. In all cases, the cent was 1/100 of the primary unit. | The following obsolete currencies have also had a subdivision named the '''cent'''. In all cases, the cent was 1/100 of the primary unit. | ||
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The cent is a unit of money in a large number of countries, always signifying one hundrednth of the basic monetary unit. The word cent is derived from the Latin centum, meaning "hundredth".
The cent is a subunit, equal to 1/100 of the primary unit, of the following monetary units:
- Australian dollar
- Bahamian dollar
- Barbados dollar
- Belizean dollar
- Bermudan dollar
- Bruneian dollar
- Canadian dollar
- Cayman Islands dollar
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands dollar
- Cook Islands dollar
- Cypriot pound
- East Caribbean States dollar
- Eritrean nakfa
- Estonian kroon
- European Union euro (adopted by 13 of the EU member nations)
- Fijian dollar
- Guyanese dollar
- Hong Kong dollar
- Principality of Hutt River dollar
- Jamaican dollar
- Kenyan shilling
- Kiribati dollar
- Liberian dollar
- Maltese pound
- Mauritian rupee
- Namibian dollar
- New Zealand dollar
- Pitcairn Islands dollar
- South African rand
- Seychelles rupee
- Singaporean dollar
- Sierra Leone leone
- Solomon Islands dollar
- Somaliland shilling
- Sri Lankan rupee
- Surinam dollar
- Swaziland lilangeni
- New Taiwan dollar
- Tanzanian shilling
- Trinidad and Tobago dollar
- Tuvaluan dollar
- Ugandan shilling
- United States dollar
- Zimbabwean dollar
The following obsolete currencies have also had a subdivision named the cent. In all cases, the cent was 1/100 of the primary unit.
- British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group) Dollar
- British Guiana Dollar
- British Honduras Dollar
- British North Borneo Dollar
- Chatham Islands Dollar
- Cingalese Rupee
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Rupee
- East African and Ugandan Rupee
- East African Florin
- East African Shilling
- Malayan Dollar
- Malayan and British Borneo Dollar
- Mauritian Dollar
- New Brunswick Dollar
- Newfoundland Dollar
- Nova Scotian Dollar
- Penang Dollar
- Prince Edward Island Dollar
- Rhodesian Dollar
- Sarawak Dollar
- Sealand Dollar
- Sierra Leoneian Dollar
- Straits Settlements Dollar
- Zanzibari Rupee
In other languages
Currencies used primarily in non-english-speaking countries often have similar names derived from centum; these include the French centime and the centavo, used in several Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries.
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