piso
5.4
A unit of money used in the Philippines, often a one-peso coin
- noun
- /ˈpɪsoʊ/
- Philippine
:
piso
- She handed the cashier a piso to pay for her bus fare.
Examples
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He found a shiny piso coin on the sidewalk while walking home.
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I paid 100 pisos for the meal.
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The souvenir cost only ten piso, making it an affordable gift.
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The price of the ticket is 50 pisos.
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She handed the cashier a piso to pay for her bus fare.
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The souvenir cost only ten piso, making it an affordable gift.
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He found a shiny piso coin on the sidewalk while walking home.
Synonyms
peso
vspiso
17
1.6
A unit of money used in countries like Mexico and the Philippines
is used only in the Philippines and also refers to the single coin
Philippine peso
vspiso
2.9
The official money of the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos
is the basic unit and also the single coin in that country
Surface Forms
Etymology
Piso for the Philippine coin comes from Spanish peso, a word for 'weight' that became the name of a coin, and over time peso turned into piso in local speech. So piso is used today to name the money, like calling a coin a 'peso' or a 'pound'.