单词 | centimo |
释义 | centimon.ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively > a small coin > of hundredth of standard centime1821 centimo1862 1862 London Gaz. 10 Oct. 4824/1 The new custom-house law of the Argentine Republic... The wharfage due for goods despatched direct shall be 5 centimos for each arrabas of weight. 2. A monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of the standard monetary unit of Spain; spec. a monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of a peseta; a coin of this value. Now historical.Prior to the adoption of the peseta, centimo was used to denote one-hundredth of the decimalized real and subsequently one-hundredth of an escudo. Centimo coins were withdrawn from circulation in Spain in 1983. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins ouncec1520 denara1549 peso1555 marmaduc1571 peseta1780 pisette1785 picayune1805 pic1839 centavo1857 centimo1870 1870 Times 17 Jan. 10/2 Sales were immediately made at a rise of 50 centimos. 1899 R. St. Barbe In Mod. Spain 64 Countless five-centimo cigars. 1913 E. B. McDonald & J. Dalrymple Josefa in Spain iii. 16 ‘A centimo!’ they cried, in their shrill young voices; ‘a centimo to buy sweets!’ 1926 Brit. Weekly 20 May 125/3 Dr. Irwin exhibited an indulgence which he bought for 70 centimos (7d.) in Madrid. 1986 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 20 June 76 The Spanish currency is the peseta (P1 = 100 centimos). 2013 M. Douch tr. J. Casanova & C. G. Andrés 20th Cent. Spain i. 29 It is hardly surprising that the people perceived with fear and hostility the rise of a few centimos in the price of bread. 3. In Costa Rica, Venezuela, Paraguay, and Peru: a monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of the principal monetary unit of that country. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > South American coins peso1555 dollar1581 tomin1589 centesimo1863 sol1884 sucre1886 centimo1887 cruzeiro1942 dinero- 1887 Leeds Mercury 18 May 8/6 The total value of the import trade for the year 1886..amounted to the sum of 7,460, 243 bolivares 21 centimos. 1927 Statesman's Year-bk. (ed. 64) 768 Costa Rica... Silver coins are: 1 colon, 50 centimos, 25 centimos. 1944 S. Amer. Handbk. 628 A monetary law, effective from 4th November 1943, established in Paraguay a new currency unit styled the Guarani..divided into 100 fractions denominated Centimos. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 157/1 Money in circulation [in Costa Rica] consists of notes, a cupro-nickel coinage..of 1 colón and 50 and 25 céntimos, and small copper coins. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 444 On the new coinage [of Paraguay] in aluminium-bronze, begun in 1944, the various centimo values have had each a different obverse such as the lion and Cap of Liberty on the 50 centimos or an orchid on the 10 centimos piece. 1987 S. Amer. Handbk. 785 On January 1, 1986, a new monetary unit was introduced [in Peru], the inti, worth 1,000 soles... The inti is divided into 100 céntimos. Coins are of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 céntimos. 1992 Chicago Tribune 19 Apr. c7/2 In 1944, Venezuela heralded the 7th World Amateur Baseball Championship with nine airmail stamps, from 5 centimos to 1.80 bolivars. 2007 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 7 The local currency [in Peru] is the nuevo sol, with an Australian dollar equating to two nuevo sol and 75 centimos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1862 |
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