1A currency used by all the members of an economic federation.
（经济同盟成员国使用的）单一货币
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Tukur thinks the African economy will do better under a single currency.
Professor Robert Mundell, a Canadian economist famous for his work on single currencies, has long maintained that a currency union needs a high degree of political union to work successfully.
How irrevocable is a single currency if members have sovereign parliaments and can leave?
An equally important, albeit contested, factor is the link between the single market and a single currency.
Colin also says ‘single currencies’ only work where there is ‘free movement of labour.’
1.1The currency (the euro) which replaced the national currencies of twelve member states of the European Union in 2002.
欧洲单一货币（2002年欧盟12个成员国用以取代各国货币的欧元）
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The vast majority of the British population instinctively opposes the single currency.
Opponents of the single currency claim Britain's economy is doing fine without it.
As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25.
The third stage involved the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates and the replacement of national currencies by a single European currency.
We should only be part of the single currency if the economic conditions are met.
Definition of single currency in US English:
single currency
noun
1A currency used by all the members of an economic federation.
（经济同盟成员国使用的）单一货币
Example sentencesExamples
Colin also says ‘single currencies’ only work where there is ‘free movement of labour.’
Professor Robert Mundell, a Canadian economist famous for his work on single currencies, has long maintained that a currency union needs a high degree of political union to work successfully.
Tukur thinks the African economy will do better under a single currency.
An equally important, albeit contested, factor is the link between the single market and a single currency.
How irrevocable is a single currency if members have sovereign parliaments and can leave?
1.1The currency (the euro) which replaced the national currencies of twelve member states of the European Union in 2002.
欧洲单一货币（2002年欧盟12个成员国用以取代各国货币的欧元）
Example sentencesExamples
The third stage involved the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates and the replacement of national currencies by a single European currency.
As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25.
We should only be part of the single currency if the economic conditions are met.
The vast majority of the British population instinctively opposes the single currency.
Opponents of the single currency claim Britain's economy is doing fine without it.