n. 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

n. basic monetary unit of Finland since 2002, mark was former unit

n. basic monetary unit in France since 2002, franc was former unit

n. basic monetary unit of Belgium since 2002, franc was former unit