a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
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centavo::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fractional monetary unit, subunit |
Examples of centavo
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The coins were the first to use the name centavo for the subdivision of the peso.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Medina says he has journeyed 12,000 km in the past year without spending a centavo.
From the businessweek.com
Her profile was also placed in the Philippines'five-centavo coin from 1967 until 1992.
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The first coins of the peso currency were 1 centavo pieces minted in 1863.
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The price of the securities rose 0.77 centavo to 119.93 centavos per peso.
From the bloomberg.com
The price of the security dropped 1.29 centavo to 117.68 centavos per peso.
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Televisa fell 1 centavo to 55.03 pesos yesterday in Mexico City trading.
From the bloomberg.com
The price of the security rose 0.5 centavo to 133.58 centavos per peso.
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The price of the security fell 0.08 centavo to 124.77 centavos per peso.
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- A fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
- Centavo is a Spanish and Portuguese word, derived from the Latin centum, meaning "one hundred", and the suffix -avo, meaning "portion" or "fraction". Centavo means, strictly, "one-hundredth".
- Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico; A similar subdenomination of various other currencies
