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euro

[yoor-oh, yur-] Origin

eu·ro

1[yoor-oh, yur-]
noun, plural -ros, (especially collectively) -ro.

Origin:
< Ngajuri (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Jamestown and Peterborough, South Australia) yuru

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Euro is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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eu·ro

2[yoor-oh, yur]
noun, plural -ros, -ro.
(sometimes initial capital letter) the official common currency of 12 European Union nations (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain). In 1999 the euro was adopted by 11 of these nations as an alternative currency in noncash transactions. In 2002 it was adopted by Greece, and in that year it replaced the 12 national currencies. Symbol:

Origin:
1970–75; shortening of Eurocurrency

Eu·ro

[yoor-oh, yur-oh]
adjective Informal.
European: a Euro expert.

Origin:
independent use of Euro-

Euro-

a shortening of European used as a combining form, especially with the meaning “western European,” particularly in reference to the European financial market or the European Economic community: Eurodollar; Eurofarmers.
Also, especially before a vowel, Eur-.
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euro (ˈjʊərəʊ)
 
n , pl -os
the official currency unit, divided into 100 cents, of the member countries of the European Union who have adopted European Monetary Union; these are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portgual, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain; also used by Andorra, Bosnia-Herzegovina, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Kosovo, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Montenegro, Réunion, San Marino, and the Vatican City

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Euro
name for the basic monetary unit of a pan-European currency, from 1996.
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euro definition


The common currency used in eleven countries of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain). The euro became the official currency of these nations in 1999, but nations were not obliged to phase out their existing currencies until 2002. The expectation is that introduction of the euro will stimulate cross-border investment by eliminating fluctuating exchange rates.

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