centavo

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centavo

1. a monetary unit of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units

2. a former monetary unit of Ecuador, El Salvador, and Portugal, worth one hundredth of their former standard units.

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Centavo

the fractional monetary unit of a number of Latin-American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru, as well as Portugal and the Philippines. The centavo is equal to 1/100 of the basic national monetary unit.

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