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pe⋅so
[pey-soh; Sp. pe-saw] 
–noun, plural -sos [-sohz; Sp. -saws] .
[-sohz; Sp. -saws] . | 1. | a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos. |
| 2. | a coin and monetary unit of Uruguay, equal to 100 centesimos. |
| 3. | a former monetary unit of Argentina, equal to 100 centavos: replaced by the austral in 1985. |
| 4. | a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to eight reals; dollar; piece of eight; piaster. |
Origin:
< Sp: lit., weight < L pēnsum something weighed, n. use of neut. of pēnsus, ptp. of pendere to weigh
< Sp: lit., weight < L pēnsum something weighed, n. use of neut. of pēnsus, ptp. of pendere to weigh
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| pe·so (pā'sō) n. pl. pe·sos Abbr. p. See Table at currency. [Spanish, from Latin pēnsum, something weighed, from neuter past participle of pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.] |
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