euro

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noun (1)

eu·​ro ˈyu̇r-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce euro (audio)
variants or less commonly Euro
plural euros also euro or Euros or Euro
: the common basic monetary unit of most countries of the European Union

Note: As of January 1, 2023 the euro is used in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. It is also used in the Canary Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and the independent, non-E.U. members Andorra, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, and Vatican City.

see Money Table

euro

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noun (2)

eu·​ro ˈyu̇r-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce euro (audio)
plural euros

Euro

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adjective

Eu·​ro ˈyu̇r-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce Euro (audio)
Euro noun

Examples of euro in a Sentence

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Noun
That case began in 2018, when Spanish prosecutors charged the Latin American superstar for failing to pay 14.5 million euros (about $15 million) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 May 2024 Along with the restrictions, the city will use 170,000 euros ($180,000) to help bar owners enlist private security to keep people from hanging out outside their businesses, The New York Times noted. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 May 2024 The issues fueled billions of euros in losses last fiscal year and culminated in a €15 billion deal with the German government to shore up its finances, including asset sales. Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Fortune Europe, 8 May 2024 For 2023, Grainge’s base salary and cash bonus were reduced by half to 7.5 million euros (just over $8 million) and 15.16 million euros (nearly $16.3 million), respectively. Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 7 May 2024 Estimates suggest that the arson cost Tesla hundreds of millions of euros. Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 May 2024 Bellingcat, the open-source investigative-journalism group, which is known for reporting on wars and international espionage via the public domain, operates a newsroom of about forty full-time staff on an annual budget of four million euros. Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024 One of the men implicated in thefts at Vilnius University Library, which lost 17 books valued at 440,000 euros ($470,000), is in jail in Lithuania. Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 1 May 2024 Denmark’s Monta, for instance, gives charging app users in some markets around 8 euros ($8.53) per month for grid balancing, while Driivz uses it to protect the Dutch grid from demand spikes. Nick Carey and Victoria Waldersee, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

short for the equivalent of Europe or European in the languages of the European Union

Noun (2)

Adnyamathanha (Australian aboriginal language of South Australia) yuru

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1971, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1855, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of euro was in 1855

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Cite this Entry

“Euro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/euro. Accessed 13 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

euro

noun
eu·​ro
ˈyu̇r-(ˌ)ō
plural euros also euro
: the common basic unit of money of most countries of the European Union

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