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sent

1 American  
[sent] / sɛnt /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of send.

sent 2 American  
[sent] / sɛnt /

noun

plural

senti, sents

  1. a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a kroon.

sent 1 British  
/ sɛnt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of send 1 send 2

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sent 2 British  
/ sɛnt /

noun

  1. a monetary unit of Estonia, worth one hundredth of a kroon

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Etymology

Origin of sent

First recorded in 1925–30; from Estonian senti (compare Finnish sentti ), from Latin centum “hundred”; centum 1

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