conto

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con⋅to

[kon-toh; Port. kawn-too]

–noun, plural -tos [-tohz; in Portugal -too

sh; in Brazil -too

1.	a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.

2.	a former money of account in Portugal and Brazil equal to 1000 milreis.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Pg < LL computus reckoning, n. deriv. of L computāre to compute; see count ¹

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conto
noun
1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal

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