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noun
A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fractional monetary unit, subunit
History
Borrowed from Italian centesimo. Doublet of centime.
Borrowed from Spanish centésimo.
