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centimo
[ sen-tuh-moh; Spanish then-tee-maw, sen- ]
noun
- one 100th of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
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1/ ˈɛԳɪˌəʊ /
noun
- a monetary unit of Sao Tomê e Principe, worth one hundredth of a dobra
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2/ ˈɛԳɪˌəʊ /
noun
- a monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard currency units
- a former monetary unit of Andorra and Spain, worth one hundredth of a peseta
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of centimo1
Example Sentences
Filling them both cost three pesetas sixty centimos.
The 50 centimos coin looks safe for the moment, its weight value being above the scrap value, but the bolivar coin looks like a very tempting indeed profit opportunity.
Having been forewarned of the custom, I handed over the expected ten centimos, which he accepted with the dignified courtesy of one who receives a right, and departed.
Some half-dozen dirty little palms, outstretched for cinco centimos, pester the stranger to-day where scores used to torment him, and the mothers take pride in the literary accomplishments of their tawny broods.
"It is an illness that attacks the Galicians when they lose an amount exceeding fifty centimos."
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