colones

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of colon.
  colon

  noun

  the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.

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colones

In Costa Rica recently, where United States dollars and Costa Rica colones are widely accepted, Ms. Haskins of International Living got a bill in a restaurant that showed both currencies.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

“Doing the conversion from colones, I saw that it should have been $23, but it was $29,” she said.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

Countries like Ecuador and El Salvador have gone so far as to ditch their local currencies altogether, giving in to their citizens’ preference for stable U.S. dollars over volatile and rapidly inflating sucres and colones.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019

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