centime
/sahn-teem; French sahn-teem/US // ˈsɑn tim; French sɑ̃ˈtim //UK // (ˈsɒnˌtiːm, French sɑ̃tim) //
厘米,分钱,分米,分币
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural cen·times [sahn-teemz; French sahn-teem]. /ˈsɑnˈtimz; French sɑ̃ˈtim/.
- : a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, one 100th of a franc.
- : a monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a franc.
- : a money of account of Haiti, one 100th of a gourde.
- : an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Algeria, one 100th of a dinar.
- : an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Morocco, one 100th of a dirham.
Examples
You receive mountains of twenty-cent-pieces: you never return anything, neither a five-franc-piece, nor even a centime.
The light-heartedness of her nation is in her favor, and she has learned thoroughly how to extract the most from every centime.
“Would you send a colored one, or just one of the regular dix-centime kind,” she inquired with interest.
But neither he nor his creditors can lay a finger upon the pictures, nor raise a centime upon them.
M. Dubois Thainville answered that he had received the Emperor's orders not to pay one centime.
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