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Andorra
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...protectorate of France and Spain. This is manifest in several ways: (1) the currencies of the nation are the franc and the peseta; (2) the two systems of public education were, until 1982, the French and the Spanish; and (3) the two languages most...
Madrid
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...Precipitation: 16.5 inches (419.1 mm) Government: Mayor and city council Weights and Measures: Metric Monetary Units: The peseta (about 125 pesetas per one US dollar). Notes come in denominations of 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, and 10,000 pesetas...
Spain
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies ...framework through a series of liberalization initiatives. Begun in 1957, these initiatives included the devaluation of the peseta, the introduction of a single exchange rate , a program of monetary and fiscal restraint, and a liberalization of price controls...

Dictionary entries related to "Peseta"

peseta
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology peseta Spanish silver coin and monetary unit. XIX. — Sp., dim. of pesa weight:- L. pēnsa , pl. of pēnsum (see POISE ).
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Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...on an automatic gearshift) park. ∎  (on road signs and street plans) parking. ∎  peseta. ∎  peso. ∎  [in comb. ] (in units of measurement) peta- (10 15 ): 27 PBq of...
franc
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management ...divided into 100 centimes. 3. The former standard monetary unit of France, most French dependencies, Monaco, and (with the peseta) Andorra (French franc); of Belgium (Belgian franc); and of Luxembourg (Luxembourg franc). In each case it was subsumed...
European Monetary System
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management ...take action to correct the disparity. In 1992 the UK pound and the Italian lira were forced out of the ERM and the Spanish peseta also fell below its floor value; some of the currencies remaining within the system were subsequently allowed wider (plus...
céntimo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management ...A monetary unit of Venezuela, worth one hundredth of a bolívar . 4. A monetary unit of Peru, worth one hundredth of a new sol . 5. A former monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, worth one hundredth of a peseta (until 2002).

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SE DESPIDE LA PESETA.(TT: The peseta says goodbye.)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 1/10/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...de nuestras estampillas postales el concepto de peseta. En cualquier caso, la peseta tiene los días contados en los sellos, como en...siempre permanecía, con más o menos valor, la peseta, desde hace más de un siglo. Le costó mucho imponerse...
De la peseta al euro: biografía de una moneda. (historia de la unidad monetaria española)(TT: From the peseta to the Euro: biography of a currency) (TA: history of Spain's unit of currency)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 11/10/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...fue necesario hablar de la inevitable muerte de la peseta. La peseta tiene una fecha exacta de nacimiento. El Decreto...fecha exacta de muerte: el 1 de julio del 2002 la peseta sólo tendrá sentido para los numismáticos. Han sido...
Peseta express. (Spanish bonds and foreign investment)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/9/1991; 700+ words ; A FLURRY in peseta bonds over the past few months has had...Portfolio strategists have been touting peseta debt since well before Spain joined the...market and far more liquid. Second, peseta bonds combine a hard currency with a high...
La peseta que se va. (unidad monetaria española)(TT: The peseta leaves) (TA: Spanish unit of currency)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 1/13/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...euro", que es tanto como decir que la peseta tiene los días contados. Y en los medios...unirnos a este coro pues no es vano la peseta (o sus fracciones) ha estado presente...colecciones en tomo a este asunto: "La peseta en el sello español". La peseta, como...
Adios: Spanish peseta.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 5/1/1993; 700+ words ; PITY the Spanish peseta. On April 27th it closed at 73.68...lower interest rates and devalue the peseta, in order to revive Spain's flagging...cut in repo rates on April 28th, the peseta is still well above its ERM floor of...
Currencies in Spain, Portugal Devalued; Peseta's Decline to Record Low Prompts Emergency Session
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/6/1995; 466 words ; ...called at Spain's request, the Spanish peseta was devalued by 7 percent and the Portuguese...followed two weeks of turmoil for the peseta within Europe's exchange-rate mechanism...the past week in efforts to prevent the peseta from sliding out of the currency grid...
A loose rein in Spain: the peseta.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/12/1991; 700+ words ; ...account deficit of any ERM member, the peseta has perversely been the darling of the...currencies, especially the French. The peseta got a one-off boost earlier this year...seemingly little risk of devaluation. But the peseta's strength has been bad news for the...
Room at the top; Spanish peseta. (interest rates and Spanish currency)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/23/1991; 700+ words ; ...bank bought Franch francs, to keep the peseta from bursting above the limits set for...to 13.5%. Yet on March 20th the peseta was still the ERM's strongest currency...Spaniards a mere quarter-point down; the peseta and franc skidded apart. It is wrong...
Peseta hits new low against the mark of spacey
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/11/1996; ; 478 words ; ...because of the continuing pressure on the peseta, but the currency touched a new record...advised to hold on to its reserves. The peseta is still some way from its extended limit...climb almost to 92 pesetas before the peseta could be forced to float. Meanwhile the...
El euro entierra a la peseta. (preguntas y respuestas sobre la moneda única europea)(TT: The Euro buries the peseta) (TA: questions and answers about Europe's single currency)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 10/27/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...coste de su incorporación? Mientras la peseta, ajena a su próximo entierro, disfruta de sus últimos días, el euro...previamente fijado. 4 ¿Cuándo dejará la peseta de ser de curso legal. El 1 de julio del año...céntimos de euro. El 1 de julio del 2002 la peseta, al igual que el resto de las monedas...