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CENTIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("centime" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centime"):
copper (a copper penny)
new penny (a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("centime" is a kind of...):
fractional monetary unit; subunit (a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centime"):
Haitian centime (100 centimes equal 1 gourde in Haiti)
Algerian centime (100 centimes equal 1 dinar in Algeria)
Holonyms ("centime" is a part of...):
franc (the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes)
Burkina Faso franc (the basic unit of money in Burkina Faso)
Togo franc (the basic unit of money in Togo)
Swiss franc (the basic unit of money in Switzerland)
Senegalese franc (the basic unit of money in Senegal)
Rwanda franc (the basic unit of money in Rwanda)
Niger franc (the basic unit of money in Niger)
Mali franc (the basic unit of money in Mali)
Luxembourg franc (formerly the basic unit of money in Luxembourg)
Cote d'Ivoire franc; Ivory Coast franc (the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast)
Gabon franc (the basic unit of money in Gabon)
Congo franc (the basic unit of money in the Congo)
Chadian franc (the basic unit of money in Chad)
Cameroon franc (the basic unit of money in Cameroon)
Burundi franc (the basic unit of money in Burundi)
Belgian franc (formerly the basic unit of money in Belgium)
dirham; Moroccan dirham (the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes)
Algerian dinar; dinar (the basic unit of money in Algeria)
