单词 | outer seven |
释义 | > as lemmasOuter Seven Outer Seven n. the name given to the original seven countries (Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K., at that time all non-members of the European Economic Community) which, in November 1959, formed the European Free Trade Association. ΚΠ 1959 Times 18 Mar. 8/5 A meeting of experts of the ‘outer seven’—Britain, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, and the three Scnadinavian countries—opened here [sc. Stockholm] today. 1989 Encycl. Brit. IV. 606/2 The Outer Seven..decided to join together in EFTA to strengthen their future bargaining power in establishing the wider free trade area. 2002 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 9 June When the European Union was still the six-nation Common Market, EFTA was the ‘Outer Seven’ contrasted with the Franco-German ‘Inner Six’. < as lemmas |
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