or ecu
a money of account of the European Community through 1998
Origin of ECU
from E(uropean) C(urrency) U(nit)ECU
é·cuécu
noun
pl. -·cus′ any of various French silver or gold coins, esp. a silver crown of the 17th-18th cent.
Origin of écu
French from Old French escu from Classical Latin scutum, a shieldWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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ECU
abbreviation
European currency unit
ecu
noun
pl. é·cus,Any of various old French coins, especially a silver five-franc piece.
Origin of ecu
French from Old French escu from Latin scūtum shield (from the shield stamped on the coin) ; see skei- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural ecus)
- (dated) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.
Initialism
- European Currency Unit
- Engine control unit
- Electronic control unit
Proper noun
- (law) Abbreviation of Ecuador.
Usage notes
See also: ecuThis is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Geographical Terms: Foreign countries and regions", Table T10.3, p. 438-443.
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ecu - Computer Definition
(Electronic Control Unit) An automotive electronics module that contains an embedded system. Today's vehicles may have 75 or more ECUs that control just about everything, including the operation of the engine, transmission, doors, windows, airbags and the user interface. See embedded system, automotive Ethernet and hardware-in-the-loop.
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ecu - Investment & Finance Definition
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