Peso Definition

pāsō
pesos
noun
pesos
The basic monetary unit of:
Webster's New World
A silver coin that was formerly used in Spain and Spanish America; a piece of eight.
American Heritage

Former unit of currency in Argentina worth 1/100 austral.

Wiktionary
A coin or note worth one peso.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Uruguayan peso
  • Philippine peso
  • Mexican peso
  • Guinea-Bissau peso
  • Dominican peso
  • Cuban peso
  • Colombian peso
  • Chilean peso
  • coin
  • legal tender
  • cash

Other Word Forms of Peso

Noun

Singular:
peso
Plural:
pesos

Origin of Peso

  • Spanish from Old Spanish weight, measure of weight for gold or silver, gold coin from Latin pēnsum something weighed from neuter past participle of pendere to weigh (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish peso.

    From Wiktionary

Peso Sentence Examples

  • The peso is also the name of the Mexican dollar.

  • The silver peso weighs 25 grammes, .900 fine.

  • A half, fifth and tenth of a peso are coined in silver, in addition to bronze coins.

  • By a law of the 9th of December 1904, promulgated by an executive decree of the 25th of March 1905, the gold standard was adopted, and the silver peso, 9027 fine and containing 24.438 grammes of pure silver, was made the monetary unit with a valuation of .75 grammes of gold.

  • Before the introduction of the decimal monetary system the peseta was the fifth part of a peso dare, which was equal to 20 re i/es de velion, or rather more than a 5-franc piece.

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Words Starting With

PPEPES

Words Ending With

OSOESO

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peso

Words Starting With P and Ending With O

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