peso
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peso /ˈpeɪsəʊ/
▶noun (pl. pesos) the basic monetary unit of several Latin American countries and of the Philippines, equal to 100 centésimos in Uruguay and 100 centavos elsewhere.
– origin Sp., lit. ‘weight’, from L. pensum ‘something weighed’, from pendere ‘weigh’.
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