Peseta

Word PESETA
Character 6
Hyphenation pe se ta
Pronunciations /pəˈseɪtə/

Definitions and meanings of "Peseta"

What do we mean by peseta?

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

A silver coin struck by Christian VII. of Denmark for Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. noun

A silver coin of modern Spain. noun

It is equal to 19.3 United States cents, or 9½d. sterling. There is a gold coin of 20 pesetas and a silver coin of 5 pesetas. noun

In Peru, the fifth part of the silver sol, equal to a French franc. noun

A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos. noun

The former currency of Spain ad Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos noun

Formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos noun

The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.

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The word "peseta" in example sentences

The purchasing value of the peseta was about fourpence. [back] 14. ❋ Unknown (1938)

A peseta is the legal unit of the currency, and is of the same value as the French franc and the Italian lira, or nineteen cents, three mills of our money, as estimated by the director of the ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)

The peseta is called "peseta;" and the media peseta is known as "dies ay seis" (ten and six), or, simply, "seis" ❋ Albert Ernest Jenks (1911)

With the usual perversity also, the common standard "peseta," in which small bargains are struck on the coast, was omitted, the nearest coin, the quarter-dollar, being nominally worth ptas. ❋ Budgett Meakin (1886)

He invested money, hired French chefs – gaining a first Michelin star – and never saw a peseta in return. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Banks and investment funds in one euro-using country gorged on the bonds of others, freed of worry about devaluation-prone currencies like the drachma, lira, peseta and escudo. ❋ Stephen Fidler (2011)

“No, she go early with …” And then the penny, the peseta, the euro … or whatever it was, dropped, and her eyes opened and her face flushed, and all of a sudden she was frightened. ❋ Gerard O’Donovan (2011)

When asked if the euro should be replaced or maintained, about three in five said to stick with the common currency rather than return to the peseta. ❋ Tim Hanrahan (2011)

That is most certainly not the case of Spain, which would unquestionably have suffered terribly if we had still had the peseta. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Irish punt and Italian lira would sink 25% against a new German mark, while the Spanish peseta would lose 50% and Greece's drachma, 80%. ❋ Neil Shah (2011)

German bond yields would head below 1%, while southern European rates would head for 7% to 12%, and the new Spanish peseta, Portuguese escudo and Irish pound would devalue by 50% against the new Deutschmark. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For instance, the Spanish peseta, Portuguese escudo and Irish punt could devalue 50% against the new Deutsche mark. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, banks in several euro-zone countries have been frozen out of the interbank lending market, and the risk premium investors are demanding for lending money to Spain is at the highest level since 1999, when the euro replaced the peseta and other national currencies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Would the peseta, and perhaps even the lira, be far behind? ❋ Jeffrey Rubin (2010)

If these countries still had their own currencies -- the Greek drachma, the Spanish peseta and the Portuguese escudo -- they could devalue the currencies against those of their northern European neighbors and the U.S. dollar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A smattering of Algerian fans in the Gijón crowd burned peseta notes to show their suspicions of corruption, while most of the Spaniards in attendance waved hankies throughout the second half in a traditional display of disdain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the good old days of the drachma, peseta and lire, these noncompetitive countries could devalue their currencies, as the British are doing with sterling (to little effect so far, it must be noted). ❋ Irwin Stelzer (2010)

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