Definitions for half-cent

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Half-Cent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 305 anagrams from letters in half-cent (-acefhlnt).

Definitions for half-cent

noun

  1. a bronze coin of the U.S., equal to one-half cent, issued at various periods between 1793 and 1857.

Origin of half-cent

An Americanism dating back to 1780-90

Examples for half-cent

At present the duty on brown sugar was one and a half cent per pound, and on molasses three cents per gallon.

A piece of the size of a twelve and a half cent piece, is sufficient to settle a couple of quarts of water.

At present, brown sugar paid one and a half cent a pound duty, and molasses three cents per gallon.

Mr. Williams moved to strike out the half cent, and insert a cent.

I hear that in Montreal it was found necessary to use cent stamps to prepay the half cent rate.

The half cent is distinguished from the rest by its smallness—it is quite one-third less in size, but the device is the same.

"The Chicago price is down a half cent," answered the Marquis regretfully.

Yet a half cent will scarcely pay freight for more than one hundred miles.

No half cent stamps being available, the post office department allowed one cent stamps to be cut in halves for postage.

Word Value for half-cent
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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