Cent

·noun A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.

II. Cent ·noun An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet;

— so called because 100 points won the game.

III. Cent ·noun A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.

cent
A copper coin of the United States, whose value is the hundredth part of a dollar.--Webster. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
cent per cent
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose