centimes in English
noun
1
a monetary unit of Switzerland and certain other countries (including France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the introduction of the euro), equal to one hundredth of a franc or other decimal currency unit.
The shares gained 20 centimes , or 0.4%, to 52.20 Swiss francs as of 10.08 am in Zurich.
Use "centimes" in a sentence
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1. Centimes are now obsolete due to their extremely low value.
2. Hashish pills cost about twenty-five centimes a day and there is no evidence that Modigliani took anything else.