Definitions for centimes

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centimes cen·time

Spelling: [sahn-teem; French sahn-teem]

IPA: /ˈsɑn tim; French sɑ̃ˈtim/

Centimes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in centimes (ceeimnst).

Definitions for centimes

noun

1. a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
2. a monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a franc.
3. a money of account of Haiti, the 100th part of a gourde.
4. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Algeria, the 100th part of a dinar.
5. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Morocco, the 100th part of a dirham.

Origin of centimes

1795-1805; French; Old French centiesme Latin centēsimum, accusative of centēsimus hundredth; see cent

Examples for centimes

You may lay a hundred informations, but you won't recover a centime.

Before Eve's own death, every centime of debt was cleared off.

Every centime I get comes from the sale of my books, the rights of translation, etc.

Costantino was working for the Vulture, and he would never let him have a centime.

Their one-franc or seventy-five centime meals were wonderful indeed.

A centime is the hundredth of a franc, and fifty centimes is ten cents.

A centime is the hundredth part of a franc, and a franc is about nineteen cents.

It is all written down; I am not at all uneasy; mademoiselle will not wrong me by a centime.

"The forty centime one will do, thank you," said little Perrine.

Look out sharp, for you 'll have to account for every centime of it when we meet.