peso

[ pey-soh; Spanish pe-saw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural pe·sos [pey, -sohz, pe, -saws].

a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
a coin and monetary unit of Uruguay, equal to 100 centesimos.
a former monetary unit of Argentina, equal to 100 centavos: replaced by the austral in 1985.
a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to eight reals; dollar; piece of eight; piaster.

peso

/ ˈpeso; ˈpeɪsəʊ /

the standard monetary unit, comprising 100 centavos, of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines; formerly also of Guinea-Bissau, where it was replaced by the CFA franc
the standard monetary unit of Uruguay, divided into 100 centesimos
See piece of eight
another name for piece of eight

Origin of peso¹

< Spanish: literally, weight < Latin pēnsum something weighed, noun use of neuter of pēnsus, past participle of pendere to weigh

Origin of peso¹

C16: from Spanish: weight, from Latin pēnsum something weighed out, from pendere to weigh

Could Peso-trash be a serious threat to the lively and tactile scene down the hill?

Nation has interesting monetary system based on peso with peso being worth 100 centavos and centavo being worth nothing.

In memory of the late lamented general the present five-peso bank notes bear his vignette.

In one section of the Philippines, I know, the Chinese pay one peso (50 cents gold) a tree for the nuts and pick them themselves.

He also owned the one I was living in, and for this I paid him the not very exorbitant sum of one peso (two shillings) a month.

A peso de oro, or "dollar of gold," had about the intrinsic value of our dollar, but was then really worth far more.

First of all, they arbitrarily declared the dollar, the peso and the shilling to be without value.

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