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peso

/pey-soh; Spanish pe-saw/US // ˈpeɪ soʊ; Spanish ˈpɛ sɔ //UK // (ˈpeɪsəʊ, Spanish ˈpeso) //

比索,披索,皮索

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pe·sos [pey-sohz; Spanish pe-saws]. /ˈpeɪ soʊz; Spanish ˈpɛ sɔs/.

    • : a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
    • : a coin and monetary unit of Uruguay, equal to 100 centesimos.
    • : a former monetary unit of Argentina, equal to 100 centavos: replaced by the austral in 1985.
    • : a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to eight reals; dollar; piece of eight; piaster.

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Examples

  • Could Peso-trash be a serious threat to the lively and tactile scene down the hill?

  • Nation has interesting monetary system based on peso with peso being worth 100 centavos and centavo being worth nothing.

  • In memory of the late lamented general the present five-peso bank notes bear his vignette.

  • In one section of the Philippines, I know, the Chinese pay one peso (50 cents gold) a tree for the nuts and pick them themselves.

  • He also owned the one I was living in, and for this I paid him the not very exorbitant sum of one peso (two shillings) a month.

  • A peso de oro, or "dollar of gold," had about the intrinsic value of our dollar, but was then really worth far more.

  • First of all, they arbitrarily declared the dollar, the peso and the shilling to be without value.