[Fr.:—OF. centisme, centiesme:—L. centēsimus hundredth: see CENTESM.] A French coin of the value of 1/100 of a franc.
1801. Dupré, Neolog. Fr. Dict., 42. A piece of five centimes is equal to a sou.
1816. J. Scott, Vis. Paris, 99. A centime, or the tenth part of a halfpenny.
1868. Miss Mulock, in Macm. Mag., No. 103. 44/2. Champagne at four francs fifty centimes the bottle.
b. transf. Any coin whose value is 1/100 of that of the standard.
1866. Howells, Venet. Life, vi. 79. The soldo being the centime of the florin.
