centavo

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“
Out of pity he gave her a centavo, and in return she gave him an empty purse from which he could ask any sum of money he wanted.

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  1. noun See Table at currency.

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  • By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco LAWMAKERS expressed outraged yesterday over the 25-centavo increase made by By: Tess Bedico PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered a crackdown on oil companies that will resort to overpricing in the wake of the recent typhoons that hit the country. —  WN.com - Articles related to Rich family feud chokes India's natural gas flow
  • By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco LAWMAKERS expressed outraged yesterday over the 25-centavo increase made by petroleum products in the midst of natural calamities that struck the country. —  WN.com - Articles related to Rich family feud chokes India's natural gas flow
  • By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco LAWMAKERS expressed outraged yesterday over the 25-centavo increase made by petroleum products in the midst of natural calamities that struck the country. oil player Petron Corp. has said it will not increase the prices of its By: Tess Bedico PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered a crackdown on oil companies that will resort to overpricing in the wake of the recent typhoons that hit the country. —  WN.com - Articles related to Transport group slams oil price hike
  • Mikey A slams oil firms on latest oil price hike energy committee chairman, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo yesterday scored oil companies for implementing a 25-centavo oil price increase even in the aftermath of the worst calamity Philippines -- Even with Luzon reeling from the damage caused by recent cyclones, —  WN.com - Articles related to Transport group slams oil price hike
  • Mikey A slams oil firms on latest oil price hike energy committee chairman, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo yesterday scored oil companies for implementing a 25-centavo oil price increase even in the aftermath of the worst calamity —  WN.com - Articles related to Transport group slams oil price hike
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  1. Spanish, hundredth, from Latin centum, hundred; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Spanish, from Latin centum, a hundred: see hundred.
 

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/ θɛnˈtɑvoʊ/
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