• SpaceCowboy
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    2 days ago

    In the roman context, a single centurion would be 1/100 of an army grouping.

    But since we aren’t living in roman times, one cent is 1/100 of a dollar.

    Language is inconsistent in it’s usage of cent, so at best the term centibillionaire is confusing. Hectobillionaire has only one possible meaning, so if we’re inventing new words, probably should go with the option that’s more precise.