-eur

¹

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from French, usually agent nouns formed from verbs ( entrepreneur; voyeur ), less commonly adjectives ( agent provocateur ).

Eur.

²

abbreviation for

1. Europe.
2. European.

eur-

combining_form

1. a variant of euro-

Word History and Origins

Origin of -eur¹

< French; Old French -o ( u ) r < Latin -ōr- -or ² and -eo ( u ) r < Latin -ātōr- -ator; -tor

Example Sentences

The results represent the successful completion of a project funded by the European Research Council with a Consolidator Grant of EUR 2.4 million.

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Germany for example, has pledged over EUR 40 billion to support those affected by coal phase-out.

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A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that these emissions caused pollution corresponding to socio-economic costs of more than EUR 680 million between 2014 and 2022.

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According to the calculations, the majority of the shipping companies that invested in scrubbers have already reached break even, and the total surplus by the end of 2022 for all of the 3,800 vessels, was EUR 4.7 billion.

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As for the costs associated with the degradation of marine ecosystems, the study shows that between the years 2014 and 2022, scrubber water discharges have polluted at a cost of over EUR 680 million in the Baltic Sea area.

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