How to Use peso in a Sentence

peso

noun

• The peso is up 5% against the dollar since its April low.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2019
• Getting right to the point, the Swiss franc is all over the world, while the Argentine peso isn’t.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 19 June 2022
• The peso has declined since mid-April as his poll lead widened.
  — Bloomberg, Fortune, 2 July 2018
• Buy a reloadable card to get around (for 15 pesos, or about 75 cents).
  — Kylie Madry, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
• Over the next 26 days, the peso’s value dropped 26 percent.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
• The peso is already weak, and the threat of a fight with Trump has worsened its standing.
  — David Lauter, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
• Those who couldn't spare a peso could also rent the little books.
  — Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
• In recent months, the peso has been floating closer to 20 to the U.S. dollar.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• The Chilean peso gained 2.2% on the Monday after the first-round vote before flopping to a new 18-month low.
  — Sebastian Boyd, Bloomberg.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• South Africa’s rand is down nearly 13%, while the Chilean peso is off nearly 8%.
  — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2018
• Following the Senate’s approval of the new law this past week, the peso dropped to a four-month low against the dollar.
  — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021
• Salinas is worth $1.2 billion more than a year ago, helped by a stronger peso.
  — Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
• But the dollar has still jumped sharply against the Mexican peso.
  — Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
• The Argentine peso slumped 11% against the greenback in June.
  — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 29 June 2018
• Now a very small one is never less than three pesos – the equivalent of $3.
  — Anastasia Miari, 1843, 7 Aug. 2019
• The peso, which had been tied to the dollar, lost nearly 70 percent of its value.
  — Luis Andres Henao, Fox News, 11 May 2018
• The shelter charges migrants 100 pesos — roughly $5 — a week for room and board.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019
• My mom gave me money to go to Casa Muñoz, where one peso was worth two and a suit came with an extra pair of pants.
  — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
• The peso’s 10 percent decline since mid-April is a sign of market nerves.
  — Eric Martin, Bloomberg.com, 27 June 2018
• The peso was recently down more than 3% against the dollar to its lowest levels of the year.
  — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, 31 May 2019
• But the parents could not spare the 20 pesos, or roughly $1, for a bucket shower.
  — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 8 July 2024
• The rate increase, a day after the Argentine peso fell 8.5 percent against the dollar, was the third in a week.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2018
• By the close of trading in Chile on Monday, the peso had fallen 3.5% against the U.S. dollar, hitting an all-time low.
  — Ryan Dube, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
• The government has said the Cuban peso will be the survivor and the CUC will pass into history.
  — Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 4 Apr. 2018
• The dollar was down 0.6% against the Brazilian real and lost 0.7% against the Mexican peso.
  — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
• The Mexican peso edged up Wednesday for the sixth straight day, as reports emerged of an agreement on the trade pact.
  — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• The government was forced to spend billions of dollars to try to defend the value of its peso.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
• The group got their start in 2018 with close to nothing, as the value of the Argentine peso began to plummet once again.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2023
• The peso tumbled on fears of a debt crisis and inflation.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• The country’s frequent debt crises are not a cause but a consequence of structural problems: lack of trust in the peso, low competitiveness, and large fiscal deficits.
  — Bruno Binetti, Foreign Affairs, 9 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024