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é⋅cu

  [ey-kyoo; Fr. ey-ky]
–noun, plural é⋅cus  [ey-kyooz; Fr. ey-ky] .
1. the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
2. any of various gold and silver coins of France, issued from the 13th through the 18th centuries, bearing the figure of a shield.
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Origin:
1695–1705; < F; OF escu < L scūtum shield
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ECU

  [ey-koo or, sometimes, ee-see-yoo]
–noun
a money of account of the European Common Market used in international finance, based on the combined prorated values of the currencies of member nations.
Origin:
E(uropean) C(urrency) U(nit), perh. with play on écu

E.C.U.

 
English Church Union.
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ECU  
abbr.  European currency unit
é·cu   (ā-kyōō')   
n.   pl. é·cus (ā-kyōō')
Any of various old French coins, especially a silver five-franc piece.

[French, from Old French escu, from Latin scūtum, shield (from the shield stamped on the coin); see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

ecu 
old Fr. silver coin, 1704, from O.Fr. escu, from L. scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). First issued by Louis IX; so called because the shield of France was imprinted on them.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

ECU

See European Currency Unit.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
ECU

  1. emergency care unit

  2. European currency unit

  3. extreme close-up

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