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Meaning of CENTIME

Pronunciation:  'sânteem

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
  2. [n]  a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium 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 and Upper Volta
 
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 Synonyms: cent, penny
 
 See Also: Algerian centime, Algerian dinar, Belgian franc, Burkina Faso franc, Burundi franc, Cameroon franc, Chadian franc, coin, Congo franc, copper, Cote d'Ivoire franc, dinar, dirham, fractional monetary unit, franc, Gabon franc, Haitian centime, Ivory Coast franc, Luxembourg franc, Mali franc, Moroccan dirham, new penny, Niger franc, Rwanda franc, Senegalese franc, subunit, Swiss franc, Togo franc, Upper Volta franc

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cen`time"\, n. [F., fr. L. centesimus. See
{Centesimal}.] (F. Coinage)
The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and
money of account.
 

 

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