Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A silver coin that was formerly used in Spain and Spanish America; a piece of eight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Spanish dollar. See
dollar , 1. Also calledduro . - noun A silver siege-piece struck for Girone in Spain, in 1808, during the Peninsular war.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Former unit of currency in
Spain a Spain's colonies worth 8reales ; Spanish dollar. - noun Former unit of currency in
Argentina worth 1/100austral . - noun A coin equal to a Spanish dollar.
- noun Name of the currency of various countries:
Argentina ,Chile ,Mexico andPhilippines . - noun A coin or note worth one peso.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos
- noun the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos
- noun the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
- noun the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos
- noun the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos
- noun the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos
- noun the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos
- noun the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Majesty's name granted the merchants 'peso [_peso merchante_] on
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Which does not mean that the peso is going to increase in value in the near future.
Paso devaluation? 2009
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Which does not mean that the peso is going to increase in value in the near future.
Paso devaluation? 2009
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Also according to the IMF research the peso is remarkably undervalued in comparison to the USD, they exstimate the exchange rate at PPP (purchase parity power) should be 7.6 instead of current 13.2, meaning living cost in Mexico is about 43% lower than in the USA.
Mexican pesos bonds 2009
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Which does not mean that the peso is going to increase in value in the near future.
Paso devaluation? 2009
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Which does not mean that the peso is going to increase in value in the near future.
Paso devaluation? 2009
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Which does not mean that the peso is going to increase in value in the near future.
Paso devaluation? 2009
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Also according to the IMF research the peso is remarkably undervalued in comparison to the USD, they exstimate the exchange rate at PPP (purchase parity power) should be 7.6 instead of current 13.2, meaning living cost in Mexico is about 43% lower than in the USA.
Mexican pesos bonds 2009
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Which does not mean that the peso is going to increase in value in the near future.
Paso devaluation? 2009
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Also according to the IMF research the peso is remarkably undervalued in comparison to the USD, they exstimate the exchange rate at PPP (purchase parity power) should be 7.6 instead of current 13.2, meaning living cost in Mexico is about 43% lower than in the USA.
Mexican pesos bonds 2009
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