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Qintar vs Cent - What's the difference?

qintar | cent |

As nouns the difference between qintar and cent

is that qintar is (plural: qindarka ''or'' qintars ) an albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek while cent is cent, the smaller unit of the euro.

qintar

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (plural: qindarka ''or'' qintars ) An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.
  • (plural: qintars ) A unit of measure, which varies in value depending upon the product measured; for example, a qintar of cotton might be 160 kg of cotton, 50 kg of cotton lint; a qintar of lime, 65 kg.
  • * 2002 , Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair, Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power
  • For all its squalor qintars''''' and '''''qintars of gold dust are traded there.
  • * 2005 , Muhammad Khalid Masud, Rudolph Peters, David Stephan Powers, Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and their judgments
  • [...] who offered 190 piasters per year for rent, 20 piasters more than the other, plus half a qintar of pomegranates.

    References

    * 1980 , Khalid Ikram, Egypt, Economic Management in a Period of Transition . * 1988 , Robért Dán, Occident and Orient: a tribute to the memory of Alexander Scheiber . English words containing Q not followed by U ----

    cent

    English

    (wikipedia cent)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (label) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: .
  • (label) A small sum of money.
  • (label) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
  • (label) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
  • (label) A hundredth of a half step.
  • Usage notes

    * Due to the differing plural formats used in European languages, it is common to use the word cent as a plural throughout the Eurozone.

    Synonyms

    * (of a dollar) dollarcent * (of a euro) eurocent * penny

    See also

    * dollar * euro * per cent * two cents

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • century
  • English terms with homophones ----