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/ˈjʊərəʊ/, /ˈjɔːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈjəroʊ/, /ˈjʊroʊ/, Australian English /ˈjʊəroʊ/ Originally Australian.
A common wallaroo (hill kangaroo) of the subspecies Macropus robustus erubescens, which has short reddish hair and is widespread in Australia west of the Great Dividing Range.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > kangaroo > unspecified and miscellaneous types of
pademelon1802
brush-kangaroo1830
antelope kangaroo1846
euro1855
blue1968
1855 J. Bonwick Geogr. Austral. & N.Z. (ed. 3) 199 The Euro, by Lake Torrens, reaches six feet in height.
1863 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 33 68 What euro and wallaby are here are so very wild there is no getting near them.
a1866 Waterhouse in R. P. Whitworth Bailliere's S. Austral. Gazetteer (1866) 165 The uroo kangaroo was occasionally seen in the same localities.
1885 R. C. Praed Head Station II. 256 Cliffs, with ledges and crannies that afforded foothold only to yuros and rock-wallabies.
1931 I. L. Idriess Lasseter's Last Ride (1933) iv. 32 They found the hills alive with euros and wallabies.
1950 ‘N. Shute’ Town like Alice 81 You'll find little diggings all over in the sand, where the kangaroos and euros have dug for water.
1975 D. Stuart Walk, trot, canter & Die 40 A good night camp, with a fat euro, the sturdy hill-kangaroo falling to the spear of one of the men.
1995 New Scientist 28 Jan. 30/3 The larger kangaroos, such as the eastern and western greys, the euros and the reds, are so abundant that they are culled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Euron.2
/ˈjʊərəʊ/, /ˈjɔːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈjəroʊ/, /ˈjʊroʊ/ 1.
a. Chiefly with lower-case initial. (The name of) the principal unit of the European single currency (symbol €); a coin or note of this value. Cf. euro cent n. at Compounds and European monetary union n. at European adj. and n. Compounds 2b.The unit was officially accepted by the European Union in December 1995, and from 1999 became the common currency unit of 11 countries; coins and notes went into circulation on 1 January 2002.The plural form euros is more common than euro in popular use, though EU legislative documents in English employ the latter.
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society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific European
shilling great1474
cent1816
grano1858
dinar1882
para1885
single European currency1950
Euro1971
EUR1996
mark1997
1971 Guardian 15 Sept. 11/1 How would you feel about paying your bills in Euros?.. ‘Euro’ is the name..thought the ideal one for a European currency.
1995 Economist 9 Dec. 106/2 As the Euro is likely to replace only the currencies of EU members with the strongest economies at first, it will be a significantly ‘harder’ currency than the basket ecu.
1998 Manufacturing Managem. June 7/2 UK firms in supply chains involving multinationals may soon find themselves being asked to deal in euro, even if they haven't been asked already—and even if they don't trade overseas.
1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 5 Jan. 8/2 The euro, which became the common currency for 11 European nations last Friday, was expected to start trading yesterday.
2001 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 16 What may well prove to be one of the most far-reaching economic, political and social changes of the century is just a day away with the inauguration of the euro as the day-to-day money of 300 million people across 12 countries.
2005 D. McWilliams Pope's Children x. 138 By the time the bride is up the aisle, thousands of euros will have been spent on everything from flowers to placemats.
b. Finance. = Eurobond n. at Euro- comb. form 4.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond
government securities1707
Sword-blade bond1707
long bond1720
government paper1774
indent1788
premium bond1820
active1835
preference bond1848
investment bond1853
mortgage bond1853
revenue bond1853
municipal bond1858
treasury-bond1858
sices1867
property bond1869
government1870
priority bond1884
municipal1888
income bonds1889
yearling1889
war baby1901
Liberty Bond1917
Liberty Loan1917
victory bond1917
corporate1922
performance bond1938
convertible1957
Eurobond1966
Euroconvertible1968
managed bond1972
muni1973
granny bond1976
bulldog bond1980
Euro1981
granny1981
strip1982
zero1982
1981 Amer. Banker 9 July 11/1 Euros have a very good correlation with domestic CDs—so good, in fact, that maybe the market will not need both contracts.
1988 Institutional Investor May 105/1 Euros tend to remain liquid for a longer period... If people would downgrade the definition of..liquidity.., you would find a lot of Eurobonds are liquid.
1996 Washington Times (Nexis) 29 Feb. b7 Euros are usually issued in dollars, yen or deutsche marks but may be issued in any currency.
2. colloquial. A native or inhabitant of Europe; (also) a (continental) European.In quot. 1985: a Eurocommunist.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun]
Roumia1576
European1578
Feringhee1634
topi-wallah1826
continental1828
continentalist1834
Dutchman1857
Atlanticist1885
roundeye1955
mainland European1975
Euro1980
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun] > advocating increased participation in Europe
Euro1980
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun] > Eurocommunist
Euro1980
1980 W. Rushton (title) The reluctant Euro: Rushton versus Europe.
1984 National Rev. (U.S.) 24 Aug. 24/3 If the Euros feared the Yanks would waver, what deals would they be tempted to cut on the side?
1985 Marxism Today May 9/1 I'm the only person I know that tries to persuade both Euros and Tankies to join the Labour Party.
1986 Listener 6 Feb. 43/3 Why didn't we..make the Euros change to furlongs and chains, bushels and pecks?
2003 National Post (Canada) 5 Apr. t5/2 A late-night crowd of yuppies, fashionistas and Euros.
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euro cent n. (also with capital initial) a monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a euro; a coin of this value.
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1995 ANP Eng. News Bull. Newswire (Nexis) 18 Dec. Coins of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 eurocents as well as a 1 and 2 euro coin.
1996 Observer (Nexis) 14 Apr. 3 The Verona meeting also agreed the future single currency, the euro, would be made up of 100 eurocents.
2002 Guardian 14 Jan. ii. 2/4 Tchisséka Dada..had her 76 euro cents ready for a baguette.
euro coin n. any of various coins denominated in the euro currency.
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1995 Financial Times 10 Apr. 1 The French presidency and the European Commission put on display eight prospective Euro-coins to give an impression of their likely weight, shape and denomination.
2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. 5 Finnish authorities chose not to circulate the smallest euro coins..on the grounds that Finns did not bother with the Finnish coin of equivalent value.
euro sign n. the symbol €, representing the euro.
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1997 Financial Times 5 Feb. (IT section) 13/4 Find all national currency symbols in the software code and change them to the euro sign.
2006 J. Butcher et al. Butcher's Copy-editing (ed. 4) vi. 142 Euros and the euro sign € are now in common use. The style is €40.45 (forty euros and forty-five cents).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Euroadj.
/ˈjʊərəʊ/, /ˈjɔːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈjəroʊ/, /ˈjʊroʊ/ European; characteristic of Europe or its inhabitants.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adjective] > relating to Europe
Euro1980
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [adjective] > western
Frankish1594
Frank1632
Western European1639
Latin1788
Euro1980
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > relating to E.E.C.
Euro1980
1980 National Jrnl. (U.S.) 27 Sept. 1608/2 The possibilities..exist for all currencies..that have domestic and ‘Euro’ forms.
1989 Motor Trend Mar. 26/2 The 6-passenger Lumina sedan, in standard or ‘Euro’ trim, will be available at dealers in the spring.
1990 Los Angeles Times 23 Mar. e11/3 (caption) The style in Tokyo is a hybrid of Euro and Yank club gear.
2003 N. Rush Mortals xii. 130 Bamburi Beach Hotel, a very euro spot just above Mombasa, euro in that there is topless swimming going on and that sort of thing.
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