Crossword clues for centime
centime
- A fractional monetary unit of several countries France and Algeria and Belgium 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 Switzerlan
- A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- Gallic penny
- Franc segment
- Small part of a franc
- Franc fraction
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Centime \Cen`time"\, n. [F., fr. L. centesimus. See Centesimal.] (F. Coinage) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1801, from French centime, from cent (see centi-) on analogy of décime (pars).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc. 2 A coin having face value of one centime.
WordNet
n. 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
a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit [syn: penny, cent]
Wikipedia
Centime (from ) is French for " cent", and is used in English as the name of the fraction currency in several Francophone countries (including Switzerland, Algeria, Belgium, Morocco and France).
In France the usage of centime goes back to the introduction of the decimal monetary system under Napoleon. This system aimed at replacing non-decimal fractions of older coins. A five-centime coin was known as a sou, i.e. a solidus or shilling.
In Francophone Canada 1/100 of a Canadian Dollar is officially known as a cent (pronounced /sɛnt/) in both English and French. However, in practice, the female form of cent, cenne (pronounced /sɛn/) has completely replaced the official cent. Spoken and written use of the official masculine form of cent in Francophone Canada is exceptionally uncommon. In the Canadian French vernacular sou, sou noir (noir is the singular masculine form of the word black in French), cenne, and cenne noire (noire is the singular feminine form of the word black in French) are all widely known, used, and accepted monikers when referring to either 1/100 of a Canadian Dollar or the 1¢ coin (colloquially known as a "penny" in North American English).
Usage examples of "centime".
The lot will then be divided between the butchers in the arrondissement, at twenty centimes per kilogramme below the retail price.
And on Sunday, when she rendered her weekly accounts, it was without a blush that she increased by a few centimes the price of each object, rejoicing when she had thus scraped a dozen francs, and finding, to justify herself to her own eyes, those sophisms which passion never lacks.
German coin called thaler, which represents three francs and sixty-eight centimes in French currency.
The man had never, never in his life had more than a few centimes, thrown to him by travellers, and he knew of no destination for this metal but the wine shop.
On reflection she made a thousand objections, terrified at the idea of a bowl full of soup, for she belonged to that race of parsimonious country women who always carry centimes in their pocket to give alms in public to beggars on the road and to put in the Sunday collection plate.
My sisters made their own gowns, and long discussions would arise on the price of a piece of braid worth fifteen centimes a yard.
To say that I never add a few centimes to bills, only a few, I would not say that.
She knew that people can interest themselves in the price of eggs, which cost a few centimes more or less according to the seasons.
He would arrange things in such a way that you would never get a centime of his fortune.
Morange had never discharged his duties more ably, obstinately tracing every doubtful centime in his books, and displaying the greatest accuracy over the longest additions.
They refuse to credit us for another centime until all the odds and ends are paid up.