red cent

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [red sent]
- /rɛd sɛnt/
- /red sent/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [red sent]
- /rɛd sɛnt/

Definitions of red cent words

noun red cent a cent, as representative of triviality: His promise isn't worth a red cent. 1
noun red cent a cent considered as a trivial amount of money (esp in the phrases not have a red cent, not worth a red cent, etc) 0
noun red cent a cent; penny; trifling amount 0

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Origin of red cent

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Red cent

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Red cent

red cent popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

red cent usage trend in Literature

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