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Centime

noun

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.

A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit. Synonyms: cent, penny.

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"Centime" Quotes from Famous Books

... is about the same as an English halfpenny, and it is often called a "five centime piece"—for there are ten centimes in each two-sous piece, just as there are four ...

— The Thirteen Little Black Pigs - and Other Stories • Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth

Words linked to "Centime" : Gabon franc, Moroccan dirham, fractional monetary unit, Mali franc, new penny, cent, Burundi franc, Belgian franc, dirham, Burkina Faso franc, Luxembourg franc, copper, Algerian dinar, Swiss franc, Chadian franc, dinar, franc, subunit, Rwanda franc, Niger franc, Ivory Coast franc, Togo franc, Cote d'Ivoire franc, Cameroon franc, Senegalese franc, Congo franc, coin