Centime
['sɔːntiːm] or ['sɑntim]
Definition
(noun.) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo.
Edited by Brent--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.
Checked by Hugo
Definition
n. the hundredth part of anything esp. a French coin the hundredth part of a franc.
Typed by Jerry
Examples
- I did know that it was expected: I _was_ prepared; yet I laid out no centimes on flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Tell me, he pursued, when it is _your_ fête-day, and I will not grudge a few centimes for a small offering. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You would willingly have laid out a few centimes on a flower to give me pleasure, had you been aware that it was expected? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You will be like me, Monsieur: this cost more than a few centimes, and I did not grudge its price. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Rena