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A lower-case c crossed by a vertical stroke, marking a hundredth of a currency unit.
Also known as: Cents symbol, Crossed c
The cent sign marks a hundredth of a dollar or similar unit. It has become uncommon as small denominations fall out of use.
Marks an amount in cents, a hundredth of a dollar or of another currency using the same subdivision.
Contexts: Software
Has become much less common in everyday use as low-value coins are withdrawn and prices are written in decimal form.
Contexts: Software
Lost its keyboard. Mechanical typewriters commonly carried a cent key and early computer keyboards inherited it; it was dropped as layouts were rationalised, which is why the sign now needs a character shortcut and why prices under a dollar are written with a decimal point instead.
Marks a subdivision that is itself receding. Several countries have withdrawn their lowest-value coins and round cash transactions to the nearest five cents, so the sign increasingly appears in accounting and unit pricing rather than on anything a shopper can hand over.
A lower-case letter c with a vertical stroke through it.