Cent (currency)
One cent [note 1] is 1/100 of a Dezimalwährungs main unit.
A corresponding symbol (¢, Unicode U 00 A2 number ) is used among others in the United States of America and in Canada, for the euro this is not provided.
The euro cents
The cent is the hundredth part of a euro. The term " penny " is defined in the EC Regulation No 974 /98 of 3 May 1998. To distinguish between the subunits of other currencies, he is also known as "euro cent". This name is - used on the coins themselves - albeit with spaces.
The European Central Bank (ECB ) has specified neither an official nor a shortcut icon for the cents. The Germans in common and generally recommended abbreviation "ct ". The Duden leaves the choice between "c" and "ct ". In contrast, the abbreviation " Ct. " Exclusively for centime. Smaller sums are, however, usually written as a decimal ( € 0.99 instead of 99 cents ).
In the languages of most euro countries there own names for the penny. In France, Greece, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Cyprus, they correspond to the names of the small units that were there in use immediately before the introduction of the euro. In some countries, the names of older smaller units were acquired for the penny.
- Finnish sentti ( in number more than 1 ( partitive ): senttiä )
- Greek (Greece): λεπτό ( lepto, plural: λεπτά Lepta ) - so on the backs of the Greek cent coins. It is the neuter of λεπτός LEPTOS ( thin, small, fine).
- Greek (Cyprus): σεντ (cent )
- French (France): centime (plural: centimes )
- Italian centesimo (plural: centesimi )
- Portuguese Centimo (plural: CENTIMOS )
- Slovenian stotin (plural: stotini, in conjunction with the numbers 2-4: stotina [= dual or genitive singular ], in conjunction with numbers from 5: stotinov [= genitive plural ] )
- Spanish céntimo (plural: Céntimos ) or centavo (plural: centavos )
There are euro coins worth 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents.
In Finland and the Netherlands, the one and two cent coins are not used. The sum to be paid is always rounded to the cashier to 5 cents. In contrast, when electronically (eg with map) is paid, is not rounded, but the exact amount will be charged.
Other countries
Except in the euro zone and in the countries with dollar currency cents currently (October 2006 ) is used in the following countries (in brackets the name of the base unit ):
- Aruba ( Florin )
- Eritrea ( Nakfa )
- Kenya ( Schilling )
- Mauritius ( rupee )
- Netherlands Antilles ( guilders)
- Seychelles ( rupee )
- Sierra Leone ( Leone)
- Sri Lanka ( rupee )
- South Africa ( Rand)
- Swaziland ( Lilangeni )
- Tanzania ( Schilling )
- Uganda ( Schilling )
There used to be the cent in the Netherlands ( guilders to 1998/ 2001), Malta ( Lira, until 2007) and Cyprus (pounds until 2007). To distinguish the old penny you therefore says in the Netherlands about the new penny often explicitly euro cents.
In Suriname cents was the name given to one hundredth of Suriname Guilder, the predecessor of today's valid Suriname Dollars.
In Costa Rica, the character ' ¢ ' often instead of ' ₡ ' - currency symbol for Costa Rican Colón - used.
Related names
Others, also derived from the Latin centum names for 1/ 100 of a currency unit are:
- Centavo in many Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries
- Centas in Lithuania ( subunit of Litas )
- Centesimo in Spanish ( centesimo ) and Italian-speaking countries, including the Italian term for the Swiss centimes
- Centime in French-speaking countries
- Centimo in many Spanish- ( Centimo ) and Lusophone ( Centimo ) countries
- Santims in Latvia ( subunit of Lats )
- Sen in Asian countries
- Senti by 2010 in Estonia ( subunit of the crown)