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
Heaven be praised I have never been in actual want; and Juan knows that he has never in vain asked me to lend him a centimo.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
Margarita, my mother's sister, is left a widow with a daughter, marries a second time, and her husband turns out a rascal of the worst brand who leaves her without a céntimo.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
No. I tell you I'm not trying to get a céntimo from you.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
And surely enough, on San Marcos Street I hired a domino and a mask for three pesetas, and I went out on to the street with not a céntimo in my pocket.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
There came a day when he was stranded without a céntimo and he resorted to the María Cristina barracks.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
Pastiri was alone that day, as his companion had gone off to the Escorial; since he had no one to act as his confederate in the game he hadn't made a céntimo.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
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
Filling them both cost three pesetas sixty centimos.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
"Perhaps they were right to charge eight pesetas seventy-six centimos, but they needn't have made mincemeat of that nice china bowl, and rags of the pudding-cloth," I said indignantly.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
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