In some contexts, a variant or abbreviation of 'cent,' a monetary unit worth one-hundredth of a dollar.
A shortened form of 'cent,' which comes from Latin 'centum' meaning 'hundred.' The abbreviation 'cen' appears in historical texts and some dialects but is not standard modern English.
While 'cen' rarely appears in modern usage, similar abbreviations show how people have always tried to shorten currency names—just like how 'buck' replaced 'dollar' in casual speech!
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