cent

cent

Representing the tiniest amount of money. Used especially in the phrase "last cent." Sorry, I spent every last cent on this new phone, so I'm totally broke until my next payday. We don't have a cent to our names.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cent

n. one dollar. (Underworld.) One cent for one joint? Not bad.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (one's) two cents' worth
  • a good five-cent cigar
  • a/one hundred per cent
  • a/one hundred percent
  • cent
  • cut off
  • cut off with a cent
  • cut off with a shilling
  • cut off with(out) a shilling/cent
  • dollars-and-cents
  • feel like two cents
  • for two cents
  • give (one's) two cents
  • give (one's) two cents' worth
  • he wears a $10 hat on a five-cent head
  • He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head
  • not a red cent
  • not have a penny to your name
  • not have a red cent
  • not one red cent
  • not worth a damn
  • not worth a dime
  • not worth a red cent
  • put (one's) two cents in
  • put (one's) two cents' worth in
  • put in (one's) two cents
  • put in (one's) two cents' worth
  • put in one's two cents
  • put oar in
  • red cent
  • red cent, not worth/don't have a
  • that and (some amount of money) will get you a cup of coffee
  • two cents
  • two cents (worth), for/put in your
  • your two cents' worth
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