centesimo

Meaning

Noun

  • A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira.
  • A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Italian centesimo. centime.
  • Borrowed from Spanish centésimo.

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