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The phrase "a cent a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to express a cost or price per unit, often in the context of items being sold or services being provided.
Example: "The apples are selling for a cent a piece at the market today."
Alternatives: "one cent each" or "a penny per".
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It had a loss of $3 million, or a cent a share, a year ago.
Holzman bought some French money at half a cent a franc, and is offering them at a little more than a cent.
Once you figured in the retailer's cut (which was up to fifty per cent), paper costs, and distribution, there was very little margin, often something like half a cent a book.
"That's half a cent a share".
It has since fallen to as low as a tenth of a cent a share.
Cheap phones and charges as low as half a cent a minute are fueling growth.
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"When providers are charging a cent-a-minute calls and they have to pay some of that back to the backbone provider, they're not going to be generating a lot of revenue," says Frost & Sullivan's Cook.
Meanwhile, wages for all of the plant's production workers are capped at just $12 an hour -- with an 18-cent raise a year for a "living fee".
Rates range from a few cents to a few dollars a kilo.
Many are turning to selling game-related virtual goods online for a few cents to a few dollars a piece.
Why replace a transistor, which costs a few cents, with a component that may cost several dollars?
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