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Definition of centime in English: centimenoun ˈsɒ̃tiːmsɑ̃tim A monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a franc or some other decimal currency units (used in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the introduction of the euro in 2002). Example sentencesExamples - Most caffès charge perhaps 80 centimes for an espresso at the counter, whereas here it almost three times the price.
- I was going to list them all for your benefit, but it would takes to long and cost too many centimes at this cybercafe.
- Yet this same day, my local Pressing, where I bring my sumptuous linen sheets to be cleaned (which I bought by being cheap, and bargained for at a flea market), mistakenly overcharged me 60 centimes, which I didn't discover until I got home.
- I gave the waiter my usual 10%, which happened to be 70 centimes.
- On September 4, the government offered to cut fuel tax by about half the 50 centimes per litre (six US cents) demanded by the unions.
- Just last week, he made the tourist promotion people upset by suggesting that the government reduce the subsidy it gives them to a mere 30 centimes.
- Although I don't understand why places price things like 3.86 € or 7.51 €… I know they're sold by weight, but can't they just add or subtract a couple of centimes?
- Go into just about every boulangerie in France nowadays and a standard baguette costs 80 centimes.
- The shares gained 20 centimes, or 0.4%, to 52.20 Swiss francs as of 10.08 am in Zurich.
- And they have the nerve to charge 35 centimes per minute to wait on hold for half an hour for the privilege of speaking to someone who doesn't want to help you, if you manage to eventually get through.
- The company's advisers, BNP Paribas and Rothschild, will earn every centime of their fees if they can deliver a successful stock market launch for this lumbering behemoth.
- The bank had put a hold on the money so they could float it a few extra days and make a few extra centimes on it.
Origin French, from Latin centesimus 'hundredth', from centum 'a hundred'. Definition of centime in US English: centimenoun A monetary unit of Switzerland and certain other countries (including France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the introduction of the euro), equal to one hundredth of a franc or other decimal currency unit. Example sentencesExamples - And they have the nerve to charge 35 centimes per minute to wait on hold for half an hour for the privilege of speaking to someone who doesn't want to help you, if you manage to eventually get through.
- The bank had put a hold on the money so they could float it a few extra days and make a few extra centimes on it.
- On September 4, the government offered to cut fuel tax by about half the 50 centimes per litre (six US cents) demanded by the unions.
- I was going to list them all for your benefit, but it would takes to long and cost too many centimes at this cybercafe.
- The shares gained 20 centimes, or 0.4%, to 52.20 Swiss francs as of 10.08 am in Zurich.
- Most caffès charge perhaps 80 centimes for an espresso at the counter, whereas here it almost three times the price.
- Just last week, he made the tourist promotion people upset by suggesting that the government reduce the subsidy it gives them to a mere 30 centimes.
- Although I don't understand why places price things like 3.86 € or 7.51 €… I know they're sold by weight, but can't they just add or subtract a couple of centimes?
- Yet this same day, my local Pressing, where I bring my sumptuous linen sheets to be cleaned (which I bought by being cheap, and bargained for at a flea market), mistakenly overcharged me 60 centimes, which I didn't discover until I got home.
- I gave the waiter my usual 10%, which happened to be 70 centimes.
- The company's advisers, BNP Paribas and Rothschild, will earn every centime of their fees if they can deliver a successful stock market launch for this lumbering behemoth.
- Go into just about every boulangerie in France nowadays and a standard baguette costs 80 centimes.
Origin French, from Latin centesimus ‘hundredth’, from centum ‘a hundred’. |