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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Eu•roˈpe•an Ec•oˈnom•ic Comˌmu•ni•ty, n. [ proper noun; usually: the + ~] - Business, Governmentan association of European nations for economic cooperation;
the Common Market.Abbr.: EEC
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈCom•mon ˈMar•ket, n. - Government[proper noun* uncountable;
usually: the + ~] European Economic Community. - Government[countable* often: common market] any economic association of nations.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Europe′an Econom′ic Commu′nity, - Business, Governmentofficial name of the Common Market (def. 1). Abbr.: EEC
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Com′mon Mar′ket, - GovernmentOfficial name, European Economic Community. an economic association established in 1958 and originally composed of Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany, created chiefly to abolish barriers to free trade among member nations and to adopt common import duties on goods from other countries: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Denmark joined in 1973, Greece joined in 1981, and Spain and Portugal joined in 1986. Abbr.: CM
- Government(sometimes l.c.) any economic association of nations created for a similar purpose.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: European Economic Community n - the former W European economic association created by the Treaty of Rome in 1957; in 1967 its executive and legislative bodies merged with those of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community to form the European Community (now part of the European Union)
Informal name: Common Market Abbreviation: EEC
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