ECU Definition

ā-kyo͝o

ecus, ecu

abbreviation

European currency unit.

American Heritage

European Currency Unit.

Wiktionary

Engine control unit.

Wiktionary

Electronic control unit.

Wiktionary

noun

A money of account of the European Community through 1998

Webster's New World

Any of various French silver or gold coins, esp. a silver crown of the 17th-18th cent.

Webster's New World

pronoun

(law) Abbreviation of Ecuador.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of ECU

Singular:

ECU

Plural:

cus, ecus

French from Old French escu from Latin scūtum shield (from the shield stamped on the coin) skei- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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