centas

[ sen-tahs ]

noun,plural cen·tai [sen-tahy]. /ˈsɛn taɪ/.
  1. a former bronze coin of Lithuania, one 100th of a litas.

Origin of centas

1
First 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)
  1. a monetary unit of Lithuania, worth one hundredth of a litas

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