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centime

1. a monetary unit of Algeria, Benin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, and Togo. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units

2. a former monetary unit of Andorra, Belgium, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Martinique, Monaco, and Réunion, worth one hundredth of a franc

Centime

(1) A French coin equal to 1/100 of a franc. As a result of the sharp devaluation of the franc after World War I, the centime coin disappeared from circulation, and the centime became strictly an accounting unit. After the revaluation of the French franc in early 1960, centime pieces came to be minted again.

(2) A small coin and accounting unit in the overseas territories and departments of France and in former French colonies that have won independence.

(3) A coin used in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.

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By the regular shipyard charges it ought not to have been a centime over twenty-five hundred francs-"

The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context

Belgium distinguished herself among the second-rate states by a grant of 513,000 francs-- about two centimes per head of her population.

From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

On the door of the cabin was a sign, in French, to the effect that "One may here see a living chamois for fifty centimes.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

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