noun
- A monetary unit equal to one hundredth of the basic currency unit in various Spanish-speaking countries.
Usage: Plural of centimo; Used in countries such as Spain, Mexico, and several Latin American nations; Historical or current depending on the country's currency system
Examples
- The price was marked as 5 euros and 50 centimos.
- She paid with a handful of centimos and a few bills.
- In the old Spanish currency system, 100 centimos equaled one peseta.
- The vendor asked for 75 centimos for the newspaper.
- He counted out the centimos carefully to make exact change.