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Definition of Centavo
1. Noun. A fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal.
Group relationships: Austral, Colon, El Salvadoran Colon, Real, Dobra, Cape Verde Escudo, Escudo, Escudo, Portuguese Escudo, Lempira, Metical, Boliviano, Cordoba, Colombian Peso, Peso, Cuban Peso, Peso, Dominican Peso, Peso, Guinea-bissau Peso, Peso, Mexican Peso, Peso, Peso, Philippine Peso, Peso, Uruguayan Peso, Quetzal, Sucre
Definition of Centavo
1. Noun. Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico ¹
2. Noun. A similar subdenomination of various other currencies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centavo
1. a coin of various Spanish-American nations [n -VOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centavo
Literary usage of Centavo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler (1921)
"WITH ONE centavo JUAN MARRIES A PRINCESS.1 In ancient times, ... As he was lazily
wandering along the road, he found a centavo, and picked it up. ..."
2. Hearings Before the Committee on Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives by Committee on Insular Affairs, United States, Congress, House (1910)
"The alloy of the five-centavo piece shall be of copper and nickel, to be composed of
... The alloy of the one-centavo and one-half-centavo pieces shall be ..."
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