6 sentences with 'cents'
Example sentences and phrases with the word cents and other words derived from it.
• « When she and her husband took supplies to another household, the lady of the house burst into tears. "She told us she had only a dollar and 83 cents," Linda recalls. »
• « In this circle of interpersonal support, those who gained weight during the week were obliged to deposit 20 cents in a piggy bank for each kilo of excess weight. At the end of a meeting, this money was given as a prize to the person who lost the most weight. »
• « Moreover, 30 cents of every dollar invested in Spain from abroad in 1990 stayed in Catalonia: a total of more than 5 billion dollars. »
• « Congress also imposed a duty of fifty cents per ton (based on the materials carried, not the weight of the ship) on foreign ships arriving in American ports, a measure designed to give commercial advantage to American ships and goods. »
• « In 1791, Congress had authorised a tax of 7.5 cents per gallon on whiskey and rum. Although most citizens paid without incident, trouble erupted in four western Pennsylvania counties in an uprising known as the Whiskey Rebellion. »