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  • noun A unit of currency in Lesotho equal to 1/100 of the loti.

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  • noun A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Lesotho loti.

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  • noun 100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho; one sente is worth one-hundredth of a loti

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Sotho (Sesotho), from English cent.]

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Examples

  • More often, it is a cat and mouse game of "sente", trying to gain control and force a winning position.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • She also mentions that women are doing pioneering work figuring out how to use rechargeable phone cards to transfer money (via a system called "sente" in Uganda) from urban to rural areas.

    ...My heart's in Accra 2009

  • "La met della vita non la fine della vita", dice la Stone, 51 anni, per niente "scioccata" di posare senza veli alla sua et, anzi si sente "molto meglio oggi che vent'anni fa".

    Sharon Stone in topless su Paris Match admin 2009

  • Esta acção foi realizada baseando-se no sentimento de invisibilidade que a maioria dos sem-abrigo sente.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Red 2009

  • "La met della vita non la excellent della vita", dice la Stone, 51 anni, per niente "scioccata" di posare senza veli alla sua et, anzi si sente "molto meglio oggi che vent'anni fa".

    Sharon Stone in topless su Paris Match admin 2009

  • "La met della vita non la excellent della vita", dice la Stone, 51 anni, per niente "scioccata" di posare senza veli alla sua et, anzi si sente "molto meglio oggi che vent'anni fa".

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • Mesmo too agora ALEGRIA ida ne ita sei sente nafatin maibe, durante tinan 10 nia laran ne susar no terus sedauk sés husi ita (caso boot liu mak iha tinan 2006).

    Global Voices in English » East Timor: “Happy Day” of freedom vote 2009

  • Esta acção foi realizada baseando-se no sentimento de invisibilidade que a maioria dos sem-abrigo sente.

    Sem -Abrigo / Homeless Red 2009

  • Entonces miro a un niño, su cara reflejaba el maximo panico, sus ojos brillosos, transparentaban la serie de comentarios que su madre le dio antes de salir de casa, me sente a su lado me miraba, asombrado, por mi “valentia” al no traer cubrebocas.

    Global Voices in English » Mexico: Scenes From an Outbreak 2009

  • "La met della vita non la fine della vita", dice la Stone, 51 anni, per niente "scioccata" di posare senza veli alla sua et, anzi si sente "molto meglio oggi che vent'anni fa".

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

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  • Currency? Bah. Sente is a a Japanese term from the game of Go for "initiative" or "control". The player with sente is the one choosing freely while the other (in gote) is forced to respond.

    July 20, 2007

  • I need to learn how to play Go. I have a board and pieces, but the instructions that came with them are in unintelligible Engrish. I am, however, a big fan (and local wizard) of Pente, a very similar game that coincidentally has a very similar name to this word. Odd.

    July 20, 2007

  • Do try out the introduction at Yahoo Games, and the wealth of information at Sensei's Library. Then try a few turn-based games at Dragon Go.

    July 28, 2007