di|ne|ro

di|ne|ro «dee NAY roh, for 1; duh NAIR oh for 2 », noun, plural -ros.

1. a silver coin of Peru, no longer used.

2. U.S. Slang. money: »

He insisted he had no dinero.

╂[< Spanish dinero < Latin dēnārius. See etym. of doublets denarius (Cf. ↑denarius), denier² (Cf. ↑denier), dinar. (Cf. ↑dinar)]