Peseta

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  • noun. The primary unit of currency in Spain and Andorra before the adoption of the euro.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A silver coin struck by Christian VII. of Denmark for Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
  • noun. A silver coin of modern Spain.
  • noun. It is equal to 19.3 United States cents, or 9½d. sterling. There is a gold coin of 20 pesetas and a silver coin of 5 pesetas.
  • noun. In Peru, the fifth part of the silver sol, equal to a French franc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The former currency of Spain ad Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos
  • Word Usage
    "The purchasing value of the peseta was about fourpence. [back] 14."
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