/sahn"teem/ ; Fr. /sahonn teem"/ , n. , pl. centimes /-teemz"/ ; Fr. /-teem"/ .
1. the 100th part of the franc of various nations and territories, as Belgium, France, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti.
2. a money of account of Haiti, the 100th part of a gourde.
3. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Algeria, the 100th part of a dinar.
4. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Morocco, the 100th part of a dirham.
[ 1795-1805; centiesme centesimum, acc. of centesimus hundredth; see CENT ]