centavo
Definitions of centavo
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a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
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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
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: cent
This vocabulary list features words with the Latin root cent/i meaning "hundred."