centas
[ sen-tahs ]
noun,plural cen·tai [sen-tahy]. /ˈsɛn taɪ/.
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, one 100th of a litas.
Origin of centas
1First recorded in 1930–35; from Lithuanian ceñtas, ultimately from English cent
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How to use centas in a sentence
For, of course, they could have all the soda-water and ice-cream they wanted without paying a centas their father owned the stand.
The Curlytops at Silver Lake | Howard Roger Garis
British Dictionary definitions for centas
centas
/ (ˈtsæntæs) /
nounplural centai (ˈtsæntaɪ)
a monetary unit of Lithuania, worth one hundredth of a litas
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