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pe·se·ta

(pə-sā′tə)

The primary unit of currency in Spain and Andorra before the adoption of the euro.

[Spanish, diminutive of peso, peso; see peso.]

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peseta

(pəˈseɪtə; Spanish peˈseta)

(Currencies) the former standard monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos; replaced by the euro in 2002

[C19: from Spanish, diminutive of peso]

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pe•se•ta

(pəˈseɪ tə)

n., pl. -tas (-təz).

the basic currency of Spain, which has a fixed value relative to the euro.

[1805–15; < Sp, diminutive of pesa a weight]

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peseta - formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos

Spanish peseta

centimo - a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain

Spanish monetary unit - monetary unit in Spain

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العِمْلَة السّابِقَه في إسبانيا

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Pesete

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peseta

[pəˈsetə] N → peseta f

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peseta

[pəˈseɪtə] n → peseta f

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peseta

n → Peseta f

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peseta

(pəˈseitə) noun

the standard unit of currency in Spain before the Euro.

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Don't reward him with more than one peseta, Senor, whatever he does.

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Twenty-one percent of Spaniards said they would like to return to the peseta, the country s currency until it switched over to the euro in 2002, according to the Metroscopia survey published in daily newspaper El Pais.

One in five Spaniards want return to peseta: poll

The aim of this paper is to contrast the theory of purchasing power parity (PPP) in the case of the Spanish peseta against the dollar, the franc and the pound.

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Lo de la peseta, creo que era mi afan de tener algo que me abrigara y pense que el dinero lo podia todo.

La peseta

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Business as usual in eurozone; MONEY - CURRENCY: Massive campaign helps produce a calm end to the peseta

``All those old francs, pesetas and drachmas which people have lying around in drawers at home will be little use to anyone travelling abroad once they cease to be legal tender at the end of February, but they can be of real value to charities like Age Concern.'' A survey by Age Concern has estimated British holidaymakers havean average of pounds 34.87 in foreign currency tucked away in each household .

Old francs, pesetas and drachmas add up for Age Concern

In addition, Spain's furniture exports have soared 200 percent in the past five years, from 65.67 billion pesetas (U.S.

CONQUISTADORS OF CONTEMPORARY

Progress in disinflation and fiscal consolidation risks being slowed by pressures on the peseta in early 1995.

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Clad in an outfit covered in "hand-made" pesetas-Spain's currency before the euro took over in 2002-Huertas said: "Why the pesetas? Because life was better with the peseta."