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Meanings of centime in English

Portuguese
centavo
Catalan
cèntim
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A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.

        centavo
        Synonyms
        Examples for "cent"
        Examples for "cent"
        1
        The data shows that 40 per cent of victims suffered health problems.
        The Irish Times
        2
        South Australia, in particular, had increased 60 per cent year on year.
        News.com.au
        3
        At present about 25 per cent of confirmed cases are health workers.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Calls for help increased 60 per cent this year on last year.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Only 11 per cent said they received safety information while in Ireland.
        The Irish Times
        1
        A penny off a pint for the second year running, he said.
        The Guardian
        2
        The house bought on make-believe; the house that a penny dreadful built.
        The sherlockian
        3
        It's taken a lot longer for the penny to drop in Government.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The penny stocks are a way for everyone to participate in society.
        The unincorporated man
        5
        We have to make sure every penny saves the maximum emissions possible.
        The Guardian
        Usage of centime in English
        1
        And they do not cost the manufacturer above one centime per hundred.
        Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
        2
        You know he is one that cuts every centime in four pieces.
        Bébée; Or, Two Little Wooden Shoes
        3
        After that Gervaise never dared to ask him for a centime.
        L'Assommoir
        4
        The women especially threw aside all reserve, and refused to add another centime.
        L'Assommoir
        5
        She could see a fifty-centime piece and a copper dancing before her eyes.
        The Price She Paid
        6
        Before Eve's own death, every centime of debt was cleared off.
        Balzac
        7
        He felt hastily once again in his ragged coat; there rested his one centime.
        The Children's Pilgrimage
        8
        Abstracting reluctantly a fifty-centime piece, he added it to the heap upon the table.
        The Angel and the Author, and Others
        9
        I forbid you to hereafter ask for a single centime.
        File No. 113
        10
        The other-allthe money she had-wasthe fifty-centime piece.
        The Price She Paid
        11
        The women gathered about in great indignation; not a centime would they give, they declared.
        L'Assommoir
        12
        He helped nobody ever (never helped anybody) even with one centime.
        The Esperanto Teacher: A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians
        13
        He had not so much as a centime left.
        The Mystery of Orcival
        14
        Gervaise no longer dared ask him for a centime.
        L'Assommoir
        15
        It is very expensive to go to the city, and we are saving every centime.
        Island beneath the sea
        16
        Some second-hand toggery to impress a girl with, without having to fork out a centime.
        L'Assommoir
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