(european monetary union)
1European Monetary Union — noun The adoption of a single currency by all the member states of the European Union • • • Main Entry: ↑European * * * European Monetary Union [European Monetary Union] ; » ↑ …
2European Monetary Union — (EMU) European countries participating in the EMU hand over the conduct of their monetary policy to the European Central Bank and respect guidelines on government spending; they have also adopted the euro as their national currency. For further… …
3European Monetary Union — ➔ EMU * * * European Monetary Union UK US noun [S or U] ECONOMICS, POLITICS ► EMU(Cf. ↑EMU) …
4European Monetary Union — n. a union of those 12 members of the European Union that use the euro as their only legal currency * * * See also Economic and Monetary Union. * * * …
5European Monetary Union — n. a union of those 12 members of the European Union that use the euro as their only legal currency …
6European monetary union — financial alliance among certain European countries …
7European Monetary Union — Eu′ropean Mon′etary Un ion n. num an agreement by which most countries of W Europe pooled currency reserves in order to trade their currencies at a fixed rate in preparation for the introduction of the euro on January 1, 1999: signed by Austria,… …
8European Monetary Union — /ˌjυərəpi:ən m nɪt(ə)ri ju:njən/ noun the process by which some of the member states of the EU joined together to adopt the euro as their common currency on 1st January 1999. Abbreviation EMU …
9European Monetary System — (EMS) a European monetary unit, an exchange rate intervention mechanism and a transfer mechanism established in 1978 under the law of the European Communities. It is this system that established the European Currency Unit (ECU), a currency used… …
10Committee for the Creation of European Monetary Union — An interest group of politicians, financiers and industrialists established in 1988 to argue the case for full Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) …
