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* [[Cypriot Pound]] | * [[Cypriot Pound]] | ||
* [[East Caribbean States Dollar]] | * [[East Caribbean States Dollar]] | ||
* [[Eritrean Nakfa]] | |||
* [[Estonian Kroon]] | |||
* European Union [[Euro]] (adopted by 13 of the EU member nations) | * European Union [[Euro]] (adopted by 13 of the EU member nations) | ||
* [[Fijian Dollar]] | * [[Fijian Dollar]] | ||
* [[Guyanese Dollar]] | * [[Guyanese Dollar]] | ||
* [[Hong Kong Dollar]] | |||
* [[Principality of Hutt River Dollar]] | * [[Principality of Hutt River Dollar]] | ||
* [[Jamaican Dollar]] | * [[Jamaican Dollar]] | ||
* [[Kenyan Shilling]] | * [[Kenyan Shilling]] | ||
* [[Kiribati Dollar]] | * [[Kiribati Dollar]] | ||
* | * [[Liberian Dollar]] | ||
* [[Maltese Pound]] | * [[Maltese Pound]] | ||
* [[Mauritian Rupee]] | * [[Mauritian Rupee]] | ||
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* [[Seychelles Rupee]] | * [[Seychelles Rupee]] | ||
* [[Singaporean Dollar]] | * [[Singaporean Dollar]] | ||
* Sierra Leone [[Leone]] | |||
* [[Solomon Islands Dollar]] | * [[Solomon Islands Dollar]] | ||
* [[Somaliland Shilling]] | * [[Somaliland Shilling]] | ||
* [[Sri Lankan Rupee]] | * [[Sri Lankan Rupee]] | ||
* [[Surinam Dollar]] | |||
* Swaziland [[Lilangeni]] | |||
* [[New Taiwan Dollar]] | |||
* [[Tanzanian Shilling]] | * [[Tanzanian Shilling]] | ||
* [[Trinidad and Tobago Dollar]] | * [[Trinidad and Tobago Dollar]] | ||
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==In other languages== | ==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 | 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 language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] speaking countries. | ||
{| class=wikitable | |||
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!centime!!centavo!! | |||
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* [[Algerian Dinar]] | |||
* [[Burundian Franc]] | |||
* [[CFP Franc]] | |||
* [[CFA Franc]] | |||
* [[Comorian Franc]] | |||
* [[Congolese Franc]] | |||
* [[Djiboutian Franc]] | |||
* [[Ethiopian Birr]] (as santim) | |||
* [[Guinean Franc]] | |||
* [[Haitian Gourde]] | |||
* [[Latvian Lats]] (Latvian: santīms) | |||
* [[Moroccan Dirham]] | |||
* [[Rwandan Franc]] | |||
* [[Swiss Franc]] (by [[French language|French]] speakers only) | |||
| | |||
*[[Argentine Peso]] | |||
*[[Bolivian Boliviano]] | |||
*[[Brazilian Real]] | |||
*[[Cape Verdean Escudo]] | |||
*[[Chilean Peso]] | |||
*[[Colombian Peso]] | |||
*[[Dominican Peso]] | |||
*[[Guatemalan Quetzal]] | |||
*[[Honduran Lempira]] | |||
*[[Mexican Peso]] | |||
*[[Mozambican Metical]] | |||
*[[Nicaraguan Córdoba]] | |||
|} | |||
[[Category:CZ Live]] | [[Category:CZ Live]] | ||
[[Category:Economics Workgroup]] | [[Category:Economics Workgroup]] | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 26 June 2007
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
- Bermudian 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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