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单词 peso
释义

peso

/ˈpeɪsəʊ /
noun (plural pesos)
The basic monetary unit of several Latin American countries and of the Philippines, equal to 100 centésimos in Uruguay and 100 centavos elsewhere.At the height of vote counting in the Congress last week, the peso tumbled to an all-time low of 56.43 pesos to the U.S. dollar....
  • The Uruguayan peso, whose value has halved since the middle of June, plunged even further when foreign exchange controls were lifted.
  • Mexican pesos and US dollars are interchanged at the general exchange rate of 10 pesos per $.

Origin

Spanish, literally 'weight', from Latin pensum 'something weighed', from the verb pendere 'weigh'.

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