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centimo

[ sen-tuh-moh; Spanish then-tee-maw, sen- ]

noun

plural centimos
  1. one 100th of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.


êԳپ

1

/ ˈɛԳɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a monetary unit of Sao Tomê e Principe, worth one hundredth of a dobra
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

éԳپ

2

/ ˈɛԳɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard currency units
  2. a former monetary unit of Andorra and Spain, worth one hundredth of a peseta
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of centimo1

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Spanish, from French centime; centime
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Word History and Origins

Origin of centimo1

from Spanish; see centime
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Example Sentences

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Filling them both cost three pesetas sixty centimos.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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"It is an illness that attacks the Galicians when they lose an amount exceeding fifty centimos."

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