How to say "cent" in Japanese

• セントCommon
  nounThe word for the monetary unit itself — one hundredth of a dollar — used when giving prices or amounts; it is a common word and is normally written in kana.
  このキャンディーは８０セントです。↗

  This candy costs eighty cents.
• びた一文びたいちもん
  nounThis is seldom the word for the currency unit; it really means a very small amount of money — the 'penny' of 'not a penny' — and is the less common of the two.
  恐喝きょうかつのその犠牲者ぎせいしゃは、ここ何なん年間ねんかんというもの口止くちどめ料りょうを払はらってきた。だが、今いまでは、それは愚おろかなことだと悟さとり、もうびた一文いちもん払はらわないことに決きめた。↗

  The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.

Use 「セント」 for the actual monetary unit (a hundredth of a dollar); 「びた一文」 is not the unit's name but an expression for a negligible sum, the 'penny' of 'not a penny'.

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• セントcent (monetary unit)
• セントcent
• びた一文びたいちもんvery small amount of money