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peseta

Noun

pe=se=ta

WORDNET DICTIONARY

peseta(n = noun.quantity) spanish peseta - formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos; Array

has parts: centimo

is a kind of spanish monetary unit

peseta, n. [Sp.].

A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos. [1913 Webster]

peseta, n. the chief monetary unit of Spain, orig. a silver coin.

Etymology

Sp., dimin. of pesa weight f. L pensa pl. of pensum: see POISE(1)

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