nounWord forms: plural -sos (-səʊz, Spanish -sos)1. 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
2. the standard monetary unit of Uruguay, divided into 100 centesimos
3. another name for piece of eight
Word origin
C16: from Spanish: weight, from Latin
pēnsum something weighed out, from
pendere to weigh