Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the primary unit in Panama and Uruguay.
- noun A former unit of Italian currency, equal to 1/100 of a lira.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the monetary system of Italy, the hundredth part of a lira; in that of Spain, the hundredth of a peseta: in both equal to the French centime, the hundredth part of a franc, or about one fifth of a United States cent.
- noun A money of account in some South American countries, about equal to a United States cent. In the Argentine Republic and Uruguay it is the hundredth part of a peso; in Peru, of a sol.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An old
copper coin ofItaly andSpain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Anno a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit coelum et terram, quinquies millesimo centesimo nonagesimo nono:
Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009
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Anno a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit coelum et terram, quinquies millesimo centesimo nonagesimo nono:
On the 9th Day of Christmas bls 2009
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Anno a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit coelum et terram, quinquies millesimo centesimo nonagesimo nono:
Archive 2007-12-01 bls 2007
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Anno a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit coelum et terram, quinquies millesimo centesimo nonagesimo nono:
Taking a (very brief) extra-Advent moment to discuss the Proclamation of Christmas bls 2007
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Di fatto, il sistema è congegnato in modo da favorire l'evasore, a scapito di chi le tasse le paga, tutte, fino all'ultimo centesimo.
Archive 2006-10-01 Decio Biavati 2006
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The units in the different States are, it is true, called by different names; as in France, Belgium and Switzerland, franc and centime; in Italy, lira and centesimo; in
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Greece, drachm and lepta; in Roumania, lei and bani: in Servia, dinar and para; in Spain, peseta and centesimo; but in all cases the value is the same.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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You may imagine in what a condition I find myself, in what misery, it is such that you will excuse my posting this letter without a stamp, but I have not a centesimo to send you the news of the disaster of Messina.
Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Henry Festing Jones 1889
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How should we feel if we read in the paper some morning that the Italian people had formed into an army of peace -- refusing to pay another centesimo for warfare?
The Crown of Life George Gissing 1880
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I will give two sous for the original four, and not a centesimo more.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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