Cent (currency)

currency of Bulgaria from 1880 to 2025 (iso: BGN)

currency

former currency of Croatia (1994–2022)

monetary unit in many national currencies

thumb|right|10 French centimes (1963) thumb|right|10 French centimes (1963) A centime (from ) is a fractional monetary unit. It equals one-hundredth of a franc in Switzerland, one-hundredth of a dinar in Algeria, and one-hundredth of a dirham in Morocco. It was formerly worth one-hundredth of a franc in other Francophone countries, such as Belgium and France, until the adoption of the euro.

The centavo (Spanish and Portuguese 'one hundredth') is a fractional monetary unit that represents one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the world. The term comes from Latin centum (), with the added suffix -avo ('portion').

The or was a currency unit of Spain, Portugal and their former colonies. The word derived from the Latin meaning "hundredth part". The main Spanish currency, before the euro, was the peseta which was divided into 100 céntimos. In Portugal it was the real and later the escudo, until it was also replaced by the euro. In the European community cent is the official name for one hundredth of a euro. However, both céntimo (in Spanish) and cêntimo (in Portuguese) are commonly used to describe the euro cent. right|thumb|50 Philippine peso|Philippine sentimos, dated 1972.

Centesimo (; : centesimi; ; : centésimos) is a currency unit equivalent to cent, derived from the Latin centesimus meaning "hundredth". In Italy it was the division of the Italian lira.