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cen⋅time

  [sahn-teem; Fr. sahn-teem]
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–noun, plural -times  [-teemz; Fr. -teem] .
1. the 100th part of the franc of various nations and territories, as Belgium, France, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti.
2. a money of account of Haiti, the 100th part of a gourde.
3. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Algeria, the 100th part of a dinar.
4. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Morocco, the 100th part of a dirham.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F; OF centiesme < L centēsimum, acc. of centēsimus hundredth; see cent
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cen·time   (sän'tēm', säɴ-tēm')   
n.  See Table at currency.

[French, from Old French centisme, from Latin centēsimus, hundredth, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
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