peseta n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos [syn: {peseta}, {Spanish peseta}]
Peseta \Pe*se"ta\, n. [Sp.] A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents (ca. 1900), and divided into 100 centesimos. Now replaced by the euro. [1913 Webster + PJC] Peshito