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centime::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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 Togo
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fractional monetary unit, subunit |
| Has types | haitian centime, algerian centime |
Examples of centime
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The past tells us that form and confidence won't count for a brass centime on Sunday.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Centime used to be a hundredth of the French franc which is now called centime de franc.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I once went a month without paying a penny or centime for food.
From the guardian.co.uk
The franc is nominally subdivided into 100 centimes but no centime denominations have been issued.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The quarter-franc was discontinued, with silver 20-centime coins issued between 1849 and 1868.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's about coming to America with a centime in his pocket.
From the npr.org
But sooner or later the centime will drop.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The one-centime coin never circulated widely.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Nickel 25-centime coins were introduced in 1903.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- 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 Togo
- Penny: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- Centime (from Latin centesimus) is French for "cent", and is used in English as the name of the fraction currency in several Francophone countries (including Switzerland, Algeria, Belgium, Morocco and France).
- A small coin; one hundredth of a franc
