Peso

Definitions: Peso

Peso

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "peso" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references)

Etymology: Peso \Pe"so\, noun. [Spanish expression]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Peso

Crosswords: Peso

French (peso), Italian (Bob, burden, consequence, drag, gravity, heft, import, importance, load, shot, tax, weight), Papiamen (weight), Portuguese (brunt, burden, cogency, heaviness, heft, load, plummet, ponderous, pressure, weight), Portuguese Brazilian (weight), Romanian (peso), Spanish (burden, dead weight, dollar, heaviness, heft, kilo, load, peso, pressure, shot, weighing, weight).

Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. All for Zorro, stand up and say so! (Zorro, the Gay Blade; writing credit: Greg Alt; Hal Dresner)

One bit, two bits, three bits, a peso. All those for Zorro, stand up and say so! (Zorro, the Gay Blade; writing credit: Hal Dresner.)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 52 Formas De Perder Peso (reference)

• Baje de Peso sin Sufrir (reference)

• Guia De LA Clinica Mayo Sobre Peso Saludable (Mayo Clinic on Health) (reference)

• Si en Realidad Quisiera Perder Peso Yo... / If I Really Wanted to Lose Weight - I... (reference)

• Tu Peso Perfecto (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Radicais Do Peso [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

A one-cent of one peso subsidy from the national government for each kilowatt-hour generated. (references)

Added depreciation of the peso in 1995 helped bring a major correction in that year's balance of payments. (references)

This market was growing at an annual average of 20-25 percent before the December 1994 devaluation of the peso. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

These government fees for medical exam, passport, and exit visa--which must be paid in dollars--are equivalent to about 5 years of a professional person's accumulated peso salary and represent a significant hardship, particularly for political refugees who usually are marginalized and have no income. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

Mexico's gross domestic product (GDP) has grown steadily since the end of the 1994-1995 peso crisis. (references)

Mexico

That step was fundamental to the rebuilding of the banking sector, which had collapsed during the 1994-1995 peso crisis. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

On July 18, officials confiscated more than 400 weapons including homemade knives, heroin, cocaine, drug lab paraphernalia, a cellular telephone, and elaborate peso counterfeiting materials during a sweep of the facility. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

As of October 2001, the peso had depreciated only 4 percent from the beginning of the year, and depreciation expectations for the year-end vary between 7 percent and 8.3 percent, equal or slightly lower than expected inflation, which could actually result in the peso's revaluation in real terms. (references)

COLOMBIA

However, in September 1999, Colombia abandoned its crawling band exchange regime and adopted measures that permitted the peso to float freely against the dollar and other currencies. (references)

Trade

Argentina

It does not affect the convertibility plan, which established a parity of 1 peso to 1 US$ (1:1). (references)

Travel

Argentina

A convenient feature for U.S. travelers is the conversion rate, which by law is set at one peso to one dollar. (references)

Argentina

The Argentine currency is the peso, and is signified by the same symbol $, as the U.S. dollar. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "peso": Argentine peso ♦ chilean peso ♦ Colombian peso ♦ cuban peso ♦ Dominican peso ♦ Mexican peso ♦ philippine peso ♦ uruguayan peso. Additional references.

Beginning with "peso": peso-dollar.

Ending with "peso": five-million-peso.

Albanian

pezo. (various references)

Arabic 

‏وحدة نقد (dinar, mite), ‏عملة (coin, coinage, coins, currency, money). (various references)

Bulgarian 

пезо. (various references)

Chinese 

比索. (various references)

Danish

MXN (Mexican peso), mexicansk peso (Mexican peso), DOP (Dioctyle phthalate, Dominican peso), dominikansk peso (Dominican peso), CUP (Cuban peso), cubansk peso (Cuban peso), COP (Colombian peso, spindle), colombiansk peso (Colombian peso), CLP (Chilean peso), chilensk peso (Chilean peso), ARS (Argentine peso), argentinsk peso (Argentine peso). (various references)

Dutch

MXN (Mexican peso), Mexicaanse peso (Mexican peso), DOP (bark, husk, peel, shell), Dominicaanse peso (Dominican peso), CUP (goblet), Cubaanse peso (Cuban peso), COP (Colombian peso), Colombiaanse peso (Colombian peso), CLP (Chilean peso), Chileense peso (Chilean peso), ARS (Argentine peso), Argentijnse peso (Argentine peso). (various references)

Finnish

MXN (Mexican peso), Meksikon peso (Mexican peso), Kuuban peso (Cuban peso), Kolumbian peso (Colombian peso), DOP (Dominican peso), Dominikaanisen tasavallan peso (Dominican peso), CUP (Cuban peso), COP (Colombian peso), CLP (Chilean peso), Chilen peso (Chilean peso), ARS (Argentine peso), Argentiinan peso (Argentine peso). (various references)

French

peso. (various references)

German

MXN (Mexican peso), Mexikanischer Peso (Mexican peso), mexikanische Peso (Mexican Peso), Kubanischer Peso (Cuban peso), Kolumbianischer Peso (Colombian peso), DOP (Dominican peso), Dominikanischer Peso (Dominican peso), CUP (plate), COP (change-over point, Colombian peso, narc, narco), CLP (Chilean peso), Chilenischer Peso (Chilean peso), ARS (Argentine peso), Argentinischer Peso (Argentine peso). (various references)

Greek 

πέσο, δολλάριο των ισπανολατινικών χωρών. (various references)

Italian

peso messicano (Mexican peso), peso dominicano (Dominican peso), peso cubano (Cuban peso), peso colombiano (Colombian peso), peso cileno (Chilean peso), peso argentino (Argentine peso), MXN (Mexican peso), DOP (Dominican peso), CUP (Cuban peso), COP (change-over point, Colombian peso), CLP (Chilean peso), ARS (Argentine peso). (various references)

Korean 

페소. (various references)

Pig Latin

esopay

Portuguese

peso mexicano (Mexico), peso dominicano (Dominican peso), peso cubano (Cuban peso), peso colombiano (Colombian peso), peso chileno (Chilean peso), peso argentino (Argentine peso), MXN (Mexican peso), mexicano (Mexican, mexican peso), DOP (Dominican peso), CUP (Cuban peso), COP (Colombian peso), CLP (Chilean peso), ARS (Argentine peso). (various references)

Romanian

peso. (various references)

Russian 

песо. (various references)

Spanish

peso (burden, dead weight, dollar, heaviness, heft, kilo, load, pressure, shot, weighing, weight). (various references)

Swedish

MXN (Mexican peso), mexikansk peso (Mexican peso), kubansk peso (Cuban peso), DOP (baptism, christening), dominikansk peso (Dominican peso), CUP (cup), COP (Colombian peso), colombiansk peso (Colombian peso), CLP (Chilean peso), chilensk peso (Chilean peso), ARS (Argentine peso), argentinsk peso (Argentine peso). (various references)

Ukranian 

песо. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "peso": pesos. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: epos, opes, pose.

-1 letter: oes, ope, ops, ose, pes, sop.

-2 letters: es, oe, op, os, pe, so.

+1 letter: copes, copse, dopes, estop, expos, hopes, lopes, mopes, opens, paseo, peons, pepos, pesos, pesto, poems, poesy, poets, poise, pokes, poles, pomes, pones, popes, pores, posed, poser, poses, posse, poxes, prose, psoae, repos, ropes, scope, sepoy, slope, spode, spoke, spore, stope, topes.

+2 letters: appose, aslope, bebops, copens, copers, copies, copses, corpse, coupes, depose, depots, despot, dopers, elopes, ephods, ephors, epochs, epodes, eposes, estops, expose, gospel, gropes, hopers, impose, joseph, kopeks, kopjes, lopers, loupes, mopeds, mopers, myopes, netops, operas, opines, oppose, opuses, osprey, ouphes, paeons, pareos, paseos, pedros, pekoes, pengos, peones, peplos, person, pestos, phones, pilose, pogeys, pogies, poised, poiser, poises, pokers, pokeys, pokies, poleis, polers, polies, ponces, ponies, pontes, pooves, popsie, porose, posers, poseur, posher, posies, posses, posset, posted, poster, potsie, powers, presto, probes, proems, proles, prosed, proser, proses, proves, pseudo, ptoses, pyoses, rebops, repose, repots, repros, respot, ropers, sapote, scoped, scopes, sepoys, sexpot, shoppe, sloped, sloper, slopes, soaped, soaper, sopite, sopped, souped, speedo, splore, spodes, spoked, spoken, spokes, sponge, spored, spores, spouse, stoped, stoper, stopes, tempos, tepoys, topees, topers, tophes, tropes, uprose.

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