Céntimo
Full definition of céntimo
Noun
- Alternative form of en.
- 1903, Report on the Organization for the Administration of Civil Government Instituted by Emilio Aguinaldo and His Followers in the Philippine Archipelago, The treasurer-general is hereby directed to pay to Mr. Ramon Soriano, lieutenant-colonel of infantry, the sum of one hundred seventy-eight thousand, six hundred forty-two pesos and thirty-three céntimos in drafts and letters of exchange, in order to negotiate the exchange of the same for cash in Manila, by order of the honorable Mr. President, the bearers of the same being Francisco Enaje and Lorenzo Sanchez, whose certification accompanies.
- 1958, Robert Garland Colodny, The Struggle for Madrid: The Central Epic of the Spanish Conflict 1936-1937, They say they were dragged from their villages and compelled to take service; that almost half their men consist of Portuguese, who have been sent by the Salazar Government; that for three months they have not seen one céntimo of pay, and that a soldier who asked for a blanket was punished by being stripped and made to do duty in that condition for a whole night.
- 2009, w, The Global Manager’s Guide to Living and Working Abroad: Western Europe and the Americas, The Bolivar is nominally subdivided into 100 céntimos, although coins denominated in céntimos no longer circulate.
