- (the) European Monetary System
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a system, started in 1979, to help the member countries of the ↑European Union to keep a steady economic balance in Europe before the introduction of the ↑ERM.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
(the) European Monetary System
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European Monetary System — /ˌjυərəpi:ən m nɪt(ə)ri sɪstəm/ noun system of controlled exchange rates between some of the member countries of the European Union. Abbreviation EMS COMMENT: The EMS now only applies to countries such as Greece which are members of the EU but… … Dictionary of banking and finance
European Monetary System — noun (singular) the EMS; a system for limiting how much the different currencies (currency (1)) of countries within the European Union can go up or down in value in relation to each other … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
