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peso [pey-soh; Spanish pe-saw] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, 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. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of peso Spanish: literally, weight Latin pēnsum something weighed, noun use of neuter of pēnsus, past participle of pendere to weigh Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for peso salary, wage, wealth, pay, bill, cash, payment, fund, capital, property, check, cabbage, bread, lettuce, wad, gold, dough, treasure, finances, resources Examples from the Web for peso Contemporary Examples of peso

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

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Historical Examples of peso

I could have won every peso if I had put up only a little handful of the nuggets.

The Treasure Trail

Marah Ellis Ryan

There was not a peso at the disposal of the Provincial Governor for local improvements.

The Philippine Islands

John Foreman

This after some haggling, he agreed to do, all for one peso (Mexican silver dollar).

On the Mexican Highlands

William Seymour Edwards

With this Wilkinson had to be content, for the Viceroy refused to pay him a peso.

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He was sorry for it afterwards and gave her a peso to ease her.

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British Dictionary definitions for peso peso noun plural -sos (-səʊz, Spanish -sos) the standard monetary unit, comprising 100 centavos, of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines; formerly also of Guinea-Bissau, where it was replaced by the CFA franc the standard monetary unit of Uruguay, divided into 100 centesimos another name for piece of eight Word Origin for peso C16: from Spanish: weight, from Latin pēnsum something weighed out, from pendere to weigh Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for peso n.

“Spanish coin,” 1550s, from Spanish peso, literally “a weight,” from Latin pensum, properly past participle of pendere “to hang, to cause to hang” (see pendant).