centime

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C0199500 (sän′tēm′, säN-tēm′)n.1. A unit of currency that is equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of the primary unit of currency in many countries where French is spoken as an official language, including Algeria, Morocco, and Switzerland.2. A former unit of currency that was equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of the franc in France and Belgium.

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[French, from Old French centisme, from Latin centēsimus, hundredth, from centum, hundred; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.]

centime

(ˈsɒnˌtiːm; French sɑ̃tim) n1. (Currencies) a monetary unit of Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, and Togo. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units2. (Currencies) a former monetary unit of Andorra, Belgium, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Martinique, Monaco, and Réunion, worth one hundredth of a franc[C18: from French, from Old French centiesme from Latin centēsimus hundredth, from centum hundred]

cen•time

(ˈsɑn tim, sɑ̃ˈtim)

n., pl. -times (-timz, -ˈtim) a unit of currency in various nations, including France, Belgium, and Switzerland, equal to 1/100 of the basic currency. [1795–1805; < French; Old French centiesme < Latin centēsimum, acc. of centēsimus hundredth; see cent]

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Noun	1.	centime - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togofranc - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimesfractional monetary unit, subunit - a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unitAlgerian dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in AlgeriaAlgerian centime - 100 centimes equal 1 dinar in AlgeriaMoroccan dirham, dirham - the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimesBelgian franc - formerly the basic unit of money in BelgiumBurundi franc - the basic unit of money in BurundiCameroon franc - the basic unit of money in CameroonChadian franc - the basic unit of money in ChadCongo franc - the basic unit of money in the CongoGabon franc - the basic unit of money in GabonCote d'Ivoire franc, Ivory Coast franc - the basic unit of money in the Ivory CoastLuxembourg franc - formerly the basic unit of money in LuxembourgMali franc - the basic unit of money in MaliNiger franc - the basic unit of money in NigerRwanda franc - the basic unit of money in RwandaSenegalese franc - the basic unit of money in SenegalSwiss franc - the basic unit of money in SwitzerlandTogo franc - the basic unit of money in TogoBurkina Faso franc - the basic unit of money in Burkina FasoHaitian centime - 100 centimes equal 1 gourde in Haiti
	2.	centime - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unitcent, pennycoin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as moneycopper - a copper pennynew penny - a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound

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