a monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard currency units
a former monetary unit of Andorra and Spain, worth one hundredth of a peseta
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Spanish, from French centime; see centime
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The bond’s price rose 0.14 centimo to 110.71 centimos per sol.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 18, 2011
The bond’s price rose 0.19 centimo to 115.18 centimos per sol.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 24, 2011
The bond’s price fell 0.36 centimo to 108.13 centimos per sol.
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 28, 2011
But they were even more deeply moved next day, when it became obvious that Luis Miguel had been dreaming out loud; he had not won so much as a centimo in the lottery.
From Time Magazine Archive
His face brightened, his eyes shone; in a few minutes we were chatting together with the same gayety as if he were perfectly well and had not lost a centimo of his capital.
From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
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