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centavo
CIDE DICTIONARY
centavo, n.
a fractional monetary unit of several countries such as El Salvador, St. Thomas and Principe, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, and Portugal. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
centavo, n. a small coin of Spain, Portugal, and some Latin American countries, worth one-hundredth of the standard unit.
Etymology
Sp. f. L centum hundred
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