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peseta
[ puh-sey-tuh; Spanish pe-se-tah ]
noun
, plural pe·se·tas [p, uh, -, sey, -t, uh, z, pe-, se, -tahs].
- a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. : P., Pta.
- a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen.
- a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973.
peseta
/ peˈseta; pəˈseɪtə /
noun
- the former standard monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos; replaced by the euro in 2002
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peseta1
C19: from Spanish, diminutive of peso
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Example Sentences
A peseta for twenty words, including the address, is the uniform charge, every additional word being ten centimos.
From Project Gutenberg
All I possessed was one peseta and a few cuartos, which I handed over to her, very much ashamed of not having more.
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It was so funny, he cared not a peseta if he laughed himself to death!
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One would think one could hurl a peseta across it, until one tried.
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Perhaps mon Americain won't think so much of his peseta bills.
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