a 5-peso coin
1Peso chileno — Código ISO CLP Ámbito  Chile …
2peso — Spanish coin, 1550s, from Sp. peso, lit. a weight, from L. pensum, properly pp. of pendere to hang, to cause to hang (see PENDANT (Cf. pendant)). Formerly either of silver (peso de plata) or gold (peso de oro) …
3Peso — 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. [1913 Webster] …
4Peso — For the most traded currency in the world going by the name of peso, see Mexican peso. The word peso (meaning weight in Spanish) was the name of a coin that originated in Spain and became of immense importance internationally. Peso is now the… …
5peso — /pay soh/; Sp. /pe saw/, n., pl. pesos / 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,… …
6peso boliviano — pl. pesos bolivianos. a nickel clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963. [ < Sp: Bolivian peso] * * * peso boliviano, the unit of money of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos; …
7peso boliviano — pl. pesos bolivianos. a nickel clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963. [ < Sp: Bolivian peso] * * * …
8peso — /ˈpeɪsoʊ / (say paysoh) noun (plural pesos) 1. the principal monetary unit of several countries including Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and the Philippines, of varying value from country to country; divided into …
9peso — The monetary unit of the Philippines and some Latin American countries. A silver coin current and legal tender in the island of Puerto Rico until September, 1900, in which year an act of Congress provided for the redemption of all the coins then… …
10peso — n. (pl. os) 1 the chief monetary unit of several Latin American countries and of the Philippines. 2 a note or coin worth one peso. Etymology: Sp., = weight, f. L pensum: see POISE(1) …
