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Pronunciation: [sˈɛntɪmz] (IPA)

Centimes is a currency unit that is used in many countries around the world. It is a small denomination of currency and is equivalent to one-hundredth of the main currency unit. In French-speaking regions, centimes are commonly used to refer to coins or small change. However, there are many other words that can be used as synonyms for centimes, including pennies, cents, pence, öre, and fils. Each word is specific to a particular country or region, but they all have the same meaning - a small amount of currency that is used for small purchases or as change. Regardless of what you call them, centimes are an important aspect of currency and are used every day across the world.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Centimes

Yes, madame; but if you take checks, it will be only four sous twenty centimes.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
Every three months, he brought Arthur one hundred and thirty-seven francs fifty centimes, the stipulated interest of the money he had received.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
When the thirty-five thousand francs a year had disappeared, and Arthur was reduced to the necessity of turning his furniture into cash, he received less scornfully the hundred and thirty-seven francs fifty centimes which Bernardin never failed to bring him on the first of each of the months when rent falls due.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock

Famous quotes with Centimes

  • Bourgeois society is infected by monomania the monomania of accounting. For it, the only thing that has value is what can be counted in francs and centimes. It never hesitates to sacrifice human life to figures which look well on paper, such as national budgets or industrial balance sheets.
    Simone Weil

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