Convinced by these representations, Coquera gave the Spaniards six hundred and fifty pesos of wrought gold, receiving the usual presents in exchange.
Some of them combined to buy an emaciated, starving dog, paying its owner a number of golden pesos or castellanos.
The executor of the royal estate received one hundred and fifty pesos per year, and thirty gantas of cleaned rice per month.
The castellan of the fort of Santiago in Manila received a salary of eight hundred pesos per year.
The artillery founder of this city received seven hundred pesosand thirty-six fanegas of rice in the husk per year.
The diver in the port of Cabite shall receive two hundred pesos per year, and a ration of thirty gantas of cleaned rice per month, which shall be charged to the account of his pay; and afloat, the ordinary ration, as hitherto.
The manager of the powder that is made for his Majesty on the other side of the river shall receive a salary of four hundred pesos per annum, without anything else.
One hundred pesosare saved and three hundred and sixty-five gantas 100 p.
The apothecary of the royal hospital of Manila received two hundred pesos per year, and his ration.
Now each one receives two hundred and fifty pesos, thus saving two hundred and fifty pesos on all five 250 p.
Once a man came to the Blue Chip with pesos ciento and broke the faro bank.
And for the other one at home, which is larger, only twenty-two pesos, and for the one they stole from him, fifteen pesos and a bag of corn.
He did not even venture to haggle, but paid the two dollars demanded with the alacrity of a man who recognizes his good fortune, and to whom a matter of a few pesos more or less is of slight importance.
By and by he had bought another piece of land for fifty pesos and then poco á poco for forty pesos some more.
Then for twenty-four pesos and fifty centavos he had bought a cow, and the vaca before long gave them a fine calf and twelve cuartillos of milk a day.
If all comes out well, each will receive one hundred pesos and you two, double that amount.
He did not know how to aid a woman in childbirth, but after cutting off the child's head, he collected one hundred pesos from the widower.
If you want to find some others to help us surprise the cuartel, I will give you thirty pesos apiece, and ten pesos for each companion you get.
From the contribution which each one makes the Government receives a part, some hundred thousands of pesos each year.
There is going to be a liam-po, [11] and the Chino Carlos is going to back it with ten thousand pesos capital.
The position had cost him five thousand pesos and many humiliations, but, considering the profits he made, the price was very cheap.
However, despite these habits, both his own teeth and the two that the dentist had made for him, at twelve pesos each, were well preserved.
A few months before, the soldiers had received part of their pay--each one who had eight pesos of wages being paid one peso, and others receiving only a ration of rice and meat.
The latter proceeds in criminal cases to the formation of a verbal process, and tries civil causes up to the value of two tailes of gold or 44 pesos fuertes.
There was one champan which took aboard 1,300 of them; they were so crowded together that they could hardly sit down; but in this the captain had no small profit, for they exacted from each one ten pesos as passage-money.
The latter, besides being original, was quite valuable, for the thirty odd pesos which it must have been worth are a capital for a mountaineer of that small rancheria.
Consequently, thirty, fifty, or more pesos are demanded for her delivery, besides the marriage feast.
Painters may paint Jove descending in showers of golden pesos and yet have few pesos in purse.
Of this price the Government has a share, and its revenues from this source are some hundred thousand pesos a year.
The alférez has fifty pesos a night," a little plump man is murmuring in the ears of his guests.
I've told you already; if you will promise to find others to help surprise the quarters, I'll give you thirty pesos each, and ten to each companion.
I propose that arrangements be made with the Comedy Company of Tondo for seven representations, seven consecutive evenings, at 200 pesos an evening.
Be it said in his favor that he had neither stolen nor usurped his honors, but that they cost him five thousand pesos and much humiliation.
Its value ranged from twenty-five centavos to two pesos for a folio of two sheets according to the amount involved in the suit.
The original pesos were recoined and a handsome profit made on the transaction.
At a cost of approximately a million and quarter pesos we have built and equipped the great Philippine General Hospital, one of the most modern institutions of its kind in the world, and by far the best in the Far East.
Douglas hurriedly searched his pockets, and the two lads found that their joint possessions amounted to about fifty pesos (they had exchanged their English money at the hotel for Chilian currency).
Acting upon Terry's advice, Jim now stepped into the shop and purchased two revolvers and a packet of ammunition for them, paying about forty pesos of their money for the weapons.
His friend Brought twenty pesos to pay off his debt.
And when he went to pay it, on the books There stood two hundred pesos against Garza.
Ten pesos Could never buy you--nor a hundred either.
With a grin comical in its mixture of amusement and anger, Carleton went on, "I raked up five thousand pesos of Valles's money and took it to him myself.
One of his colonels came to my place yesterday and offered me a thousand pesos apiece for all I have.
For all the pesos in all the world I would not have taken his place.
Nevertheless, Cortes had given him 300 pesos from his own private purse, in order to induce him to return with his wife and family to New Spain.
His majesty subsequently bestowed on him an annuity of 2000 pesos or some Indian commendaries; but, for fear of Cortes, he durst not return to Spain.
He was said to have been worth 6000 pesos before he left St. Domingo, with which, however, he returned to Spain, and lost all in gambling.
Our general now not only granted this request, but also gave Narvaez 2000 pesos to defray the expenses of his voyage.
If I have worked kilos into pounds and pesos into dollars correctly, prime steers are selling on the hoof there at the market at five to six cents per pound, our money.
Especially if you get your money changed into pesos at what some are willing to give for American dollars.
TOO MUCH MONEY By miscalculation of some sort we were hundreds of pesos too much.
We also encountered a singer and serenader and his band who assembled around our car and played for us for five pesos (less than 60 cents) a song.
For the ornaments given to the doctrinas of the encomiendas apportioned to the royal crown, exclusive of missal-books and other articles from Nueva España, six hundred pesos U600 pesos.
Referring to the archbishop Benavides; he bequeathed his library and the sum of one thousand pesos for the foundation of the college of Santo Tomas at Manila.
This amounts to one hundred and sixty-eight pesos U168 pesos.
To reach this amount, it is considered necessary that at least three hundred and fifty thousand pesos be spent on the cargo.
Fines forfeited to the royal treasury Seven hundred and eight pesos have been paid into the royal treasury this year from fines forfeited to the royal treasury.
Temporary appointees with salaries exceeding 1000 pesos a year only received half-salary until their appointments were confirmed.
Misa petitioned for a reform of the law which had established the governor as judge of ultimate recourse in cases involving one thousand pesos (ducats) or less.
Alone, at the desk, he opened his safe and counted 2,000 pesos for his overseer.
Again he counted the money, got up to fifteen hundred and fifteen pesos and stuffed the bills inside his hat, fingering his chin strap.
Upon one occasion he charitably bestowed a dowry of six hundred pesos upon a woman of noble parentage who, for various reasons, had gone from Madrid to sojourn in that country.
Nevertheless, the lack of money is felt in the treasury; for the duties on the entry and clearance of the goods from China, the royal officials tell me, amount to forty thousand pesos less this year than the year past.
The payment for the service was one half of the largest pig, unthreshed rice, and about two pesos in money, which was given in exchange for the beads which different spirits had demanded.
In such a case the man is expected to make a gift of about one hundred pesos to the girl's people, and he must support the child when finally it comes into his keeping.
Some years later the bishop of Nueva Segovia, Don Fray Diego de Soria, being near to death, left to the college his library, and three thousand eight hundredpesos which he possessed.
The expense was enormous, amounting to more than ten thousand pesos from the common purse of these four orders.
The good cavalier Don Juan de Alcaraso gave four thousand pesos for the purpose; and father Fray Jacintho gave two thousand, which he had received in alms.
A sum of 3,000 pesos per year is placed at the disposal of the Governor for presents to the independent tribes, for the purpose of gaining their friendship; the same amount is assigned to the mission of the Jesuits.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pesos" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
