Benelux
pronunciation
How to pronounce Benelux in British English:
UK [ˈbenɪlʌks]
How to pronounce Benelux in American English:
US ['benɪlʌks]
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- Noun:
- a customs union comprising BElgium and NEtherlands and LUXembourg
Word Origin
- Benelux
- the customs union of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, formed October 1947.
Example
- 1. When the euro was planned in the 1990s many german politicians wanted a currency zone comprising only germany , the benelux countries and france .
- 2. After the war , the dutch economy prospered again , being a member of the benelux ( belgium , the netherlands and luxembourg ) and european economic community unions .
- 3. Austria and the benelux three have , to all intents and purposes , linked their currencies to the deutschmark .
- 4. As of today , a subgroup of the european union -- perhaps germany , the benelux countries , and austria -- come closer to satisfying the conditions favorable to a common currency than does the eu as a whole .
- 5. The most powerful among them need to be given a bigger say in international institutions-unless of course you think india will always be happy outside the security council and china content to have a smaller voting share than the benelux countries do at the imf .