peso

noun

SayPAY-sohUS/ˈpeɪsoʊ/UK/ˈpeɪsəʊ/

Pluralpesos

2 meanings of peso

1
nouncountable
The money used every day in Mexico and several other Latin American countries and in the Philippines.
It is like the dollar in the United States: the everyday money people use to pay for things.
He gave the boy one peso for carrying the bags.
The bus ride into town costs about fifteen pesos.
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2
nounhistoricalcountable
An old Spanish coin worth eight smaller coins, used long ago in Spain and the lands it ruled.
The merchant paid one peso for the whole sack of flour.
The pirates buried a chest filled with silver pesos on the island.
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Origin

This word comes from the Spanish word "peso."