cen·ta·vo (s n-tä v )n. pl. cen·ta·vos See Table at currency. [Spanish, hundredth, from Latin centum, hundred; see dek  in Indo-European roots.] |
centavo [sɛnˈtɑːvəʊ]
n pl -vos
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a monetary unit of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a former monetary unit of Ecuador, El Salvador, and Portugal, worth one hundredth of their former standard units.
[Spanish: one hundredth part]
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| Noun | 1. | centavo - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal fractional monetary unit, subunit - a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit austral - the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos El Salvadoran colon, colon - the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos real - the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos dobra - the basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe Cape Verde escudo, escudo - the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos escudo, Portuguese escudo - formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo lempira - the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos metical - the basic unit of money in Mozambique; equal to 100 centavos boliviano - the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos cordoba - the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos Colombian peso, peso - the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos Cuban peso, peso - the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos Dominican peso, peso - the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos Guinea-Bissau peso, peso - the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos Mexican peso, peso - the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos Philippine peso, peso - the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos peso, Uruguayan peso - the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos quetzal - the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos sucre - the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos |
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