centime

noun
cen·​time | \ ˈsän-ˌtēm How to pronounce centime (audio) , ˈsen-\

Definition of centime

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

Examples of centime in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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, "Can Emmanuel Macron Stem the Populist Tide?," 24 June 2019

First Known Use of centime

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for centime

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

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