What does "peso" mean?

A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.

Peso

Common synonyms include: adarme, chilean peso, chilean peso, colombian peso, colombian peso, cuban peso.

//ˈpɛso// noun

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Noun

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A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar. historical
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the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos wordnet
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The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.
"The value of the peso has plummeted 858% against the US dollar over the past five years as the central bank printed more of the currency to help the country’s spendthrift government avoid defaulting on its debts. […] To dollarize its economy, Argentina would need to exchange all pesos held by its people and businesses for US dollars, and assign a dollar value to all of its assets and contracts."
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the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos wordnet
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the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos wordnet

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the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos wordnet
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the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos wordnet
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the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos wordnet
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the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos wordnet
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the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos wordnet