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
Many a centimo would find its way from her pocket to his, and he would think her more motherly than ever.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
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
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
Herself accustomed to pilfer, she knew to the least detail every trick of the servants, and not a céntimo escaped her; she always thought she was being robbed.
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
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
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
Five centimos to buy me a scarlet ribbon!
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
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