What does euro mean?

Definitions for euro
ˈyʊər oʊ, ˈyɜr-eu·ro

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. euronoun

    the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies

Wiktionary

  1. euronoun

    The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: u20AC

  2. euronoun

    A coin with a facial value of 1 euro.

  3. euro

    A caucasoid.

  4. euronoun

    Macrobius robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).

  5. Euronoun

    Alternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999.

  6. Euronoun

    The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years.

    England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004.

  7. Euronoun

    Clipping of European.

Wikipedia

  1. Euro

    The euro (symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 344 million citizens as of 2023. The euro is divided into 100 cents.The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the European Union, by four European microstates that are not EU members, the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as well as unilaterally by Montenegro and Kosovo. Outside Europe, a number of special territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency. Additionally, over 200 million people worldwide use currencies pegged to the euro. The euro is the second-largest reserve currency as well as the second-most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. As of December 2019, with more than €1.3 trillion in circulation, the euro has one of the highest combined values of banknotes and coins in circulation in the world.The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995 in Madrid. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1 (US$1.1743). Physical euro coins and banknotes entered into circulation on 1 January 2002, making it the day-to-day operating currency of its original members, and by March 2002 it had completely replaced the former currencies.Between December 1999 and December 2002, the euro traded below the US dollar, but has since traded near parity with or above the US dollar, peaking at US$1.60 on 18 July 2008 and since then returning near to its original issue rate. On 13 July 2022, the two currencies hit parity for the first time in nearly two decades due in part to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

ChatGPT

  1. euro

    The Euro is the official currency of 19 of the 27 member states of the European Union, also known as the Eurozone. This group of countries includes major economies like Germany, France, and Italy. The Euro is managed and administered by the European Central Bank and the Eurosystem. It is denoted by the symbol €.

Wikidata

  1. Euro

    The euro is the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union and is the official currency of the eurozone, which consists of 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. The currency is also used in a further five European countries and consequently used daily by some 332 million Europeans. Additionally, more than 175 million people worldwide—including 150 million people in Africa—use currencies pegged to the euro. The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. As of March 2013, with almost €920 billion in circulation, the euro has the highest combined value of banknotes and coins in circulation in the world, having surpassed the US dollar. Based on International Monetary Fund estimates of 2008 GDP and purchasing power parity among the various currencies, the eurozone is the second largest economy in the world. The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit at a ratio of 1:1. Euro coins and banknotes entered circulation on 1 January 2002. While the euro dropped subsequently to US$0.8252 within two years, it has traded above the US dollar since the end of 2002, peaking at US$1.6038 on 18 July 2008. Since late 2009, the euro has been immersed in the European sovereign-debt crisis which has led to the creation of the European Financial Stability Facility as well as other reforms aimed at stabilising the currency. In July 2012, the euro fell below US$1.21 for the first time in two years, following concerns raised over Greek debt and Spain's troubled banking sector.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of euro in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of euro in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of euro in a Sentence

  1. German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel:

    With the rejection of the rules of the euro zone ... negotiations about a programme worth billions are barely conceivable, tsipras and his government are leading the Greek people on a path of bitter abandonment and hopelessness.

  2. Thomas Gerakis:

    Syriza voters think that Tsipras put up a real fight in the euro zone and got the best he could, they blame euro zone policymakers for the new austerity package more than Tsipras.

  3. Michael James:

    The (ECB) commentary clearly caught people by surprise. I think most currency traders were short the euro and long the dollar, expecting different commentary from chairman (Mario) Draghi.

  4. Leo Grohowski:

    I'm not confident that today reflects all the bad news that could happen. Investors are really bumping up the odds that Greece will exit the euro.

  5. Goldman Sachs economists:

    Progress in deepening Euro area risk-sharing and risk reduction mechanisms to make the single currency framework more resilient continues, but the pace is slow, while those initiatives remain incomplete, the euro area remains more vulnerable to economic slowdown and financial disruption than other jurisdictions.

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