1. To sound British, choose the classic southern English accent, which nearly all English speakers have an easier time learning

2. [Middle English, from Old French, hundred, from Latin Centum; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.] Our Living Language The plural of Cent is Cent in some varieties of vernacular Southern English when preceded by a numeral: That costs eighty Cent.

3. Mainly Southern English a stream, esp an intermittent one in chalk areasCompare burn 2 Word Origin for Bourn C16: from Old French bodne limit; see bound ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co