n., pl., -sos.
(Abbr. p.) A unit of currency in Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, Philippines, and Uruguay.
[Spanish, from Latin pēnsum, something weighed, from neuter past participle of pendere, to weigh.]
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