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Definition of Centimo
1. Noun. A fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain.
Group relationships: Bolivar, Colon, Costa Rican Colon, Guarani, Peseta, Spanish Peseta
Definition of Centimo
1. Noun. A cent, i.e. 1/100, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centimo
1. any of various small coins [n -MOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centimo
Literary usage of Centimo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean by Lee Meriwether (1892)
"Frequently I was told there were no five-centimo postal cards, and so had to buy
ten centimo cards, although the five would have answered my purpose. ..."
2. Venezuela, an Economic Report by Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service (1921)
"Silver coins are issued in 1,2^,5 bolivar pieces and SO and 20 centimo pieces.
The smaller, token coins, are of nickel in \2$4 and 5 centimo pieces. ..."
3. A Description of Ancient and Modern Coins, in the Cabinet Collection at the by James Ross Snowden, United States Bureau of the Mint (1860)
"centimo and medio, or half centimo. Both of the same type. Obv. A sun. ...
"UN centimo," or "MEDIO centimo," inscribed within a wreath of laurel. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1897)
"You are not to pay him a centimo more than four dollars. He will provide for
himself at Cuacos, and he will pay for the feed of the beasts. ..."
5. Abbreviations and Technical Terms Used in Book Catalogs and in Bibliographies by Frank Keller. Walter (1912)
"Cardboard, bristol board. centimo(-s). Centime(s). cerca de. About. chagrin.
Shagreen, grained leather; tela —, Cloth grained to imitate shagreen, ..."
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