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单词 centime
释义

centime

noun

cen·​time ˈsän-ˌtēm How to pronounce centime (audio)
ˈsen-
1
: any of several former monetary units equal to ¹/₁₀₀ franc (as of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg)
2
: a monetary subunit of the dinar (Algeria), dirham (Morocco), franc (a number of especially sub-Saharan nations in Africa), and gourde see dinar, dirham, franc, gourde at Money Table

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web As for Viardot, she was genuinely upset by the loss of a friend but insisted on collecting every centime of her 2,000-franc fee (nearly half the cost of the funeral). The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019 According to a chalkboard on the wall, the gilets jaunes of Saint-Macaire had a thousand and forty euros and eighty-eight centimes to their name. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

French, from cent hundred (from Latin centum) + -ime (as in décime tenth part)

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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