centesimo
noun
a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a lira.
centesimi
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pluralof centesimo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He worked eleven hours per day, received 32 centesimi per hour, made 121 trips per day with his wheelbarrow full of stones.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of doling out 1,250 or so lire for a dollar, bank clerks would slap down a single new lira and 25 centesimi, or cents.
From Time Magazine Archive
If one of them hit upon the correct figure, then he gains one point towards the stakes, which are usually made in centesimi rather than in soldi.
From The Naples Riviera by Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp)
Like many another desecrated church, convent, or religious house, the Government, as at S. Marco, Chiostro dello Scalzo, and S. Onofrio, charges you twenty-five centesimi to see their stolen goods.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward
The whilom prima donna dropped fifty centesimi into Pompeo's palm, and he bowed to the very gunwale of the boat.
From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison
