PESO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peso mean? 

• PESO (noun)
  The noun PESO has 8 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos

2. the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos

3. the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos

4. the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos

5. the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos

6. the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos

7. the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos

8. the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos

  Familiarity information: PESO used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PESO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

peso; Uruguayan peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Uruguayan monetary unit (monetary unit in Uruguay)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centesimo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile)

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

peso; Philippine peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Philippine monetary unit (monetary unit in the Philippines)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Mexican peso; peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Mexican monetary unit (monetary unit in Mexico)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Guinea-Bissau peso; peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Guinea-Bissau monetary unit (monetary unit in Guinea-Bissau)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Dominican peso; peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Dominican monetary unit (monetary unit in the Dominican Republic)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Cuban peso; peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Cuban monetary unit (monetary unit in Cuba)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Colombian peso; peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Colombian monetary unit (monetary unit in Colombia)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Chilean peso; peso

Hypernyms ("peso" is a kind of...):

Chilean monetary unit (monetary unit in Chile)

Meronyms (parts of "peso"):

centesimo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile)