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He put the six pesos into his wallet with a reluctant gesture, as if the money were ill-gotten gains.

Consulting is hard work, so you'd better be getting more out of it than a few pesos.

Mr Ravallion and his team converted rupees, pesos and rupiah into a common unit of purchasing power.

Sometimes a United States dollar is worth twelve pesos in Mexico. Another time it may be worth eight pesos .

A tube of oil paint costs at least 500 pesos ($11), while a jar of instant coffee is only around 150 pesos ($3).

Smaller shops, where the owner sits behind a till full of pesos, are more vulnerable.

It now receives over 17m pesos ($1. 35m) of public money a year, supposedly for social projects.

The central bank does not allow banks to borrow in foreign currency and then lend in pesos, for instance.

He would make sure we had seats and invitations to the swanky pesos too.

The auction was a flop . Nobody came forward willing to pay Mikel Barsa's starting price of 2 million Argentine pesos, about $480, 000.

Of course there are breeds that are imported and could cost up to 5000 pesos.

We negotiated the price down to 500 pesos per person for a four-hour outing one afternoon.

The sister said that the cost of a local breed is 2500 pesos.

When their income is only 100 Pesos a day, every Peso counts.

The gangsters' piso, or floor-rent, apparently varies from 500 pesos ($35) to $1, 000 a week.

Are they going to pay you in euros or dollars, dong or baht, yen or pesos?

And the devaluation of the peso means that dollar oil revenues will go further in pesos.

The ministries' free canteens were shut down and workers given a wage increase of 15 pesos ($0. 60) a day in compensation.

So, I went up to the teller and started to exchange the money. And it's true. They really gave me sixty pesos for the dollar.

The cheapest Italika costs just 8, 299 pesos ($675) and weekly payments can be spread over two years.

Six times a year, the family receives 229, 000 pesos (about US$92).

The students raised 4, 500 pesos , 1, 500 more than their goal and enough to cover half the cost of the new room.

A doctor in a private clinic, where a check-up costs just 100 pesos , says that business is down 30%.

In accordance with the opening price, the price of sugar for 8 pesos per pound, brown sugar, the price per pound for 6 pesos.

And her central bankers have printed pesos freely.

A creditor bank was about to auction off the farm to cover an unpaid debt of 1. 6 billion pesos ($900, 000).

Hotel porters should be rewarded with 20 pesos per bag.

He charges just 7 pesos (28 cents) for a 1. 5-liter bottle, a sixth of what a bottle of state-made cola costs in the supermarket.

Fishing logbook for catcher vessel for registration and approval by BFAR upon payment of registration fee of fifty pesos (P50. 00).

In 1994, George Soros's Quantum Fund for Mexican pesos launched.

They are fixed in pesos not percentages.

Applicants in the capital need only pay 604 pesos ($45).

Tricolour wigs, at 35 pesos ($2. 74), were histop seller, followed by trumpets and false eyelashes.

Overall, Transparency reckons Mexicans paid 32 billion pesos ($2. 5 billion) of bribes in 2010.

When one US dollar bought 45. 1 pesos, Ms Manjares drew up her monthly balance sheet.

Tip-offs from corrupt officers cost as little as 1, 000 pesos ($85), he says.

In Manila, Manila Water increased bills from 4. 5 to 30 pesos per cubic metre.

For this, Mr Vega pays 55, 000 pesos ($27) a month in rent.

Doubles start at about 4, 000 pesos.

The minimum wage in 2008 was about 225 pesos -- about $9 -- per month.

I'd like to change these pesos, please.

How many Mexican Pesos are in 300 U. S. dollars?

She estimated her Hong Kong income, supplemented by meagre earnings from her farm back home, yielded 24, 120 pesos a month.

Red Pirates (Station 3; 63-36-288-5767) offers sunset sailboat cruises starting at 500 pesos.

His family barely ekes out a living, earning 16, 400 pesos ($402) last year, yet he's not interested in leasing.

January 12, Argentina soybean prices fell sharply, which, Rosario soybean prices in Hong Kong fell 800 pesos per ton.

The deficit, equivalent to 2. 5 per cent of gross domestic product, is more than double last year's deficit of 68. 9bn pesos.

Regency Lagoon (Station 2, Balabag; 63-36-288-2828; boracayregency. com) has 120 rooms, starting at around 8, 000 pesos.

the watch and the chain , they ' re worth at least 200 pesos