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
He was always good to me; never mocked at me; gave me many a centimo from his little hoard; often shared his dinner if I met him on the road.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
There were days when the only thing he ate was the cabbage stalks that he picked up in the marketplaces; other days, on the contrary, he treated himself to seventy-eight céntimo banquets in the chop-houses.
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
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
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
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
A peseta for twenty words, including the address, is the uniform charge, every additional word being ten centimos.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by Dawson, William Harbutt
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