Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peso"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peso \Pe"so\, n. [Sp.]
A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian,
etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound
weight.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peso
n 1: the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
[syn: {Uruguayan peso}]
2: the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100
centavos [syn: {Philippine peso}]
3: the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos
[syn: {Mexican peso}]
4: the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100
centavos [syn: {Guinea-Bissau peso}]
5: the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to
100 centavos [syn: {Dominican peso}]
6: the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos [syn:
{Cuban peso}]
7: the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos
[syn: {Colombian peso}]
8: the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos
[syn: {Chilean peso}]
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