euro

Definitions

General English

• noun the unit of money used by most countries in the European Union

Accounting

• noun a unit of currency adopted by several European countries for electronic payments in 1999 and then as legal tender from January 1st, 2002
• prefix
  (written as Euro-)
  referring to Europe or the European Union

Economics

• noun the currency adopted as legal tender in several European countries from 1 January 1999. The countries which are joined together in the European Monetary Union and adopted the euro as their common currency in 1999 are: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. The conversion of these currencies to the euro was fixed on 1 January 1999. Greece joined on 1 January 2001. The CFA franc and CFP franc were pegged to the euro at the same time.

Information & Library Science

• noun
  (written as Euro)
  the official currency of 12 countries in the European Union

Law

• noun
  (written as Euro)
  the main currency unit of the European Union, used as local currency in most member States since 2002

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Contexts for “euro”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Economics
• Information & Library Science
• Law