单词 | ecu |
释义 | > as lemmasECU ECU n. Brit. , U.S. [punningly after French écu écu n. (compare quot. 1970)] now historical European currency unit, a currency medium and unit of account of the European Monetary System, which was replaced by the euro in 1999 (see Euro n.2 1a).ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other European groata1387 markc1475 Philip?1482 caroline1555 sol1583 gross1638 obolus1761 tenpenny1822 ECU1970 1970 Guardian 28 May 4/1 M. Rey, president of the EEC Commission in Brussels, yesterday forecast the écu (crown) as the name of the future European currency... [It] would..stand for ‘European Currency Unit’. 1972 Times 5 Jan. 15/2 The European currency unit, the Ecu, failed to make an impact. 1983 Times 2 July 6/6 The proposed budget totals 2,380m ecus. 1999 M. F. Watts in G. Tansey & J. D'Silva Meat Business vii. 68 By 2006, 50 billion ECU will be spent on market support with only 2.1 bn ECU on new rural measures. 2010 Daily Tel. 3 June (Business section) b4/3 We've been here before: the ECU was turned into the euro in the same way. < as lemmas |
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