| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| peso |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pe·so |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p  s |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. pe·sos
abbr. p. See table at currency. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, from Latin p nsum, something weighed, from neuter past participle of pendere, to weigh. See (s)pen- in Appendix I.
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