centimes

Definitions of centimes
  1. noun
    a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit
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    types:
    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
    sen
    a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
    type of:
    unité monétaire
    a unit of money
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