pesetan.

Brit.

/pəˈseɪtə/, U.S.

/pəˈseɪdə/

Forms: 1700s piseta, 1700s– peseta, 1800s peceta, 1800s pezeta.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish peseta.

Etymology: < Spanish peseta (1730 or earlier in this sense; earlier in sense ‘little weight’ (a1519, rare)), either < pesa weight (1102), a coin (1565, rare) + -eta -et suffix¹, after peso peso n., or perhaps < Catalan peceta , literally ‘little piece’ (1410 in a monetary context in an apparently isolated attestation; now pesseta (19th cent.)) < peça piece n. + -eta -et suffix¹. Compare earlier pistareen n.Compare also French piècette little piece (first half of 12th cent. in Old French), little piece of money (1710 in Swiss French), Spanish peseta (1812; now pésète ) and Italian pezzetta little piece (14th cent.; compare bezetta n.), Spanish peseta (1871; now peseta).

Now historical.

Originally: a Spanish silver coin (cf. pistareen n.). In later use: the former standard monetary unit of Spain, equal to 100 céntimos; a coin or banknote of this value.The peseta was a provincial coin from the mid 18th cent., and became the standard currency of Spain in 1868. It was replaced by the euro (Euro n.² 1a) in January 1999 and ceased to be legal tender in Spain in 2002 with the introduction of the euro coins and banknotes.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins

ouncec1520

denara1549

peso1555

marmaduc1571

peseta1780

pisette1785

picayune1805

pic1839

centavo1857

centimo1870

1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain i. xxiii. 215 All the cobalt they might get out of the mine, at the price of thirty-five pesetas per quintal, gross weight.

1801 V. M. du Pont de Nemours Journey to France & Spain (1961) 72 Over the ferry a Corporal takes your names and a Custom house officer your pistareens, or pesetas [v.r. pezetas].

1811 P. Kelly Universal Cambist II. 188 Silver Coins..Spain..Mexican Peceta (1774) [Value in Sterling] 1s. 0¾d... Peceta Provincial of two Reals of new plate (1775)..0s. 10d.

1860 All Year Round 3 Mar. 445 The honest burgher who..climbed up from penury to affluence by maravedis and pesetas at a time.

1893 T. B. Foreman Trip to Spain 55 We have each to pay a peseta (10d.) for a cup of coffee.

1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy 131 The best they can offer you to take care of the parties in the castle is two pesetas per head.

1988 Whitaker's Almanack 720/1 Spanish pesetas and French francs are the accepted currency [sc. in Andorra], and the Budget is expressed in pesetas.

2002 National Geographic Jan. 34/1 This month..12 of the 15 member nations begin using a common currency, the euro, casting their francs, marks, liras, and pesetas into history's trash can.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peseta
释义	pesetan. Brit. /pəˈseɪtə/, U.S. /pəˈseɪdə/ Forms: 1700s piseta, 1700s– peseta, 1800s peceta, 1800s pezeta. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish peseta. Etymology: < Spanish peseta (1730 or earlier in this sense; earlier in sense ‘little weight’ (a1519, rare)), either < pesa weight (1102), a coin (1565, rare) + -eta -et suffix¹, after peso peso n., or perhaps < Catalan peceta , literally ‘little piece’ (1410 in a monetary context in an apparently isolated attestation; now pesseta (19th cent.)) < peça piece n. + -eta -et suffix¹. Compare earlier pistareen n.Compare also French piècette little piece (first half of 12th cent. in Old French), little piece of money (1710 in Swiss French), Spanish peseta (1812; now pésète ) and Italian pezzetta little piece (14th cent.; compare bezetta n.), Spanish peseta (1871; now peseta). Now historical. Originally: a Spanish silver coin (cf. pistareen n.). In later use: the former standard monetary unit of Spain, equal to 100 céntimos; a coin or banknote of this value.The peseta was a provincial coin from the mid 18th cent., and became the standard currency of Spain in 1868. It was replaced by the euro (Euro n.² 1a) in January 1999 and ceased to be legal tender in Spain in 2002 with the introduction of the euro coins and banknotes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins ouncec1520 denara1549 peso1555 marmaduc1571 peseta1780 pisette1785 picayune1805 pic1839 centavo1857 centimo1870 1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain i. xxiii. 215 All the cobalt they might get out of the mine, at the price of thirty-five pesetas per quintal, gross weight. 1801 V. M. du Pont de Nemours Journey to France & Spain (1961) 72 Over the ferry a Corporal takes your names and a Custom house officer your pistareens, or pesetas [v.r. pezetas]. 1811 P. Kelly Universal Cambist II. 188 Silver Coins..Spain..Mexican Peceta (1774) [Value in Sterling] 1s. 0¾d... Peceta Provincial of two Reals of new plate (1775)..0s. 10d. 1860 All Year Round 3 Mar. 445 The honest burgher who..climbed up from penury to affluence by maravedis and pesetas at a time. 1893 T. B. Foreman Trip to Spain 55 We have each to pay a peseta (10d.) for a cup of coffee. 1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy 131 The best they can offer you to take care of the parties in the castle is two pesetas per head. 1988 Whitaker's Almanack 720/1 Spanish pesetas and French francs are the accepted currency [sc. in Andorra], and the Budget is expressed in pesetas. 2002 National Geographic Jan. 34/1 This month..12 of the 15 member nations begin using a common currency, the euro, casting their francs, marks, liras, and pesetas into history's trash can. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780
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