centavo
/sɛnˈtɑːvəʊ
/noun (plural centavos)
A monetary unit of Mexico, Brazil, and certain other countries (formerly including Portugal), equal to one hundredth of the basic unit.Importers will pay about 8 centavos more to acquire dollars....
- In Mexico we only pay centavos for such small bunches.
- The figure is based on an average price increase of 1.66 dollars a barrel for oil and the depreciation of the peso by 33 centavos in the last quarter of 1999, according to the group.
Origin
Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin centum 'a hundred'.
Rhymes
- pressure-treat
- pressure-treated
- pressure treatment
- pressure tube
- pressure vessel
- pressure washer
- pressure wave
- pressure welding
- pressurise
- pressurization
- pressurize
- pressurized-water reactor
- pressurizer
- press view
- pressware
- country gentlewoman
- country ham
- country house
- country house hotel
- countryism
- country jake
- country Joan
- country kitchen
- countryless
- country life