centime

cen·time  (säntm, sä-tm)

n.

See Table at currency.

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[French, from Old French centisme, from Latin centsimus, hundredth, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

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centime [ˈsɒnˌtiːm (French) sɑ̃tim]

n

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a monetary unit of Algeria, Benin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, and Togo. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a former monetary unit of Andorra, Belgium, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Martinique, Monaco, and Réunion, worth one hundredth of a franc

[from French, from Old French centiesme from Latin centēsimus hundredth, from centum hundred]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	centime - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo franc - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes fractional monetary unit, subunit - a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit Algerian dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Algeria Algerian centime - 100 centimes equal 1 dinar in Algeria Moroccan dirham, dirham - the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes Belgian franc - formerly the basic unit of money in Belgium Burundi franc - the basic unit of money in Burundi Cameroon franc - the basic unit of money in Cameroon Chadian franc - the basic unit of money in Chad Congo franc - the basic unit of money in the Congo Gabon franc - the basic unit of money in Gabon Cote d'Ivoire franc, Ivory Coast franc - the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast Luxembourg franc - formerly the basic unit of money in Luxembourg Mali franc - the basic unit of money in Mali Niger franc - the basic unit of money in Niger Rwanda franc - the basic unit of money in Rwanda Senegalese franc - the basic unit of money in Senegal Swiss franc - the basic unit of money in Switzerland Togo franc - the basic unit of money in Togo Burkina Faso franc - the basic unit of money in Burkina Faso Haitian centime - 100 centimes equal 1 gourde in Haiti
	2.	centime - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit cent, penny coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money copper - a copper penny new penny - a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound

Translations

centime [ˈsɑ̃ːntiːm] N → céntimo m