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Definition of Peseta
1. Noun. Formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos.
Definition of Peseta
1. n. A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.
Definition of Peseta
1. Noun. The former currency of Spain ad Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peseta
1. a monetary unit of Spain [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peseta
Literary usage of Peseta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels on the Continent: Written for the Use and Particular Information of by Mariana Starke (1820)
"Piastre 5 43 Escudo vellon ------ 2 71 peseta Mexicans ----- i 35 Price nf
Post-horses, Sfc. The charge for every pair of draught-horses is four reals per ..."
2. Brooks' Foreign Exchange Text Book: An Elementary Treatise on Foreign by Howard Keyes Brooks (1906)
"Gold and the 5 peseta piece are unlimited legal tender, while silver coins of
... The actual value of the gold peseta in the money of the United States, ..."
3. Dussault's Conversational Method of Spanish by Ceśar Dussault (1920)
"La peseta es la unidad española de dinero. The peseta is the unit of Spanish money.
... Una peseta tiene cien céntimos y un peso tiene cien centavos ..."
4. O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal by Henry O'Shea (1905)
"The monetary unit is the peseta, a coin composed of -j^j-ths of silver and ^th of
... 100th part of a peseta), but the older method of reckoning in reals (4 ..."
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