centesimo

Noun

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Noun (1)centesimi

  1. a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and ChileType of fractional monetary unit, subunitPart of balboa, lira, Chilean peso, Uruguayan peso
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cen·tes′i·mo (sĕn′tĕs′ĭ-mō), noun; pl. -mi (sĕn′wb-a1′>′tĕs′wb-a1′>′ĭ·mē).

Origin: It. & Sp.

A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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