Definitions
American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An international association organized to eliminate customs restrictions on goods exchanged between member nations and to establish a uniform tariff policy toward nonmember nations.
Wiktionary
- n. a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff
WordNet 3.0
- n. an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members
Examples
“Non-EU Norway and Switzerland are members and Turkey's customs union agreement in place since 1996 actually anticipated Turkey's inclusion.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘customs union’.
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INTA - WTO
Blair House Agree..., Generalised Syste..., third-country mar..., transition period, blue box, blue box measures, GATT, TRIPS, C sugar, Everything But Ar..., WTO-compatible ag..., export refund and 176 more...
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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EU Buzz - collocations
Multiword expressions frequently used in EU context. Many of them have a specific EU-meaning, some of them are topical in 2012 also outside the EU but have a relevance in EU politics. People workin...
absorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 1567 more...
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EU Buzz - noun+noun collocations
accession candidate, commitment approp..., commitment approp..., conciliation comm..., consumer protection, Copenhagen criteria, absorption capacity, absorption rate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle and 302 more...
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HU Realia
Cultural realia from Hungary.
I have only included realia that already have an English spelling variant and DID NOT include Hungarian words that would be used in English texts unchang...charcoal kiln, embroidered felt ..., farmstead, golden stick, graft, herdsmanās whip, inn, lever well, limekiln, local border traffic, maypole, merino and 356 more...
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EU - Eurovoc - international relations
ABM Agreement, accession to a co..., accession to a tr..., accession to an a..., achievement of peace, ACP-EC Convention, advanced technolo..., aerospace industry, African organisation, aggression, agreement, agricultural coop... and 851 more...
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ECON - general customs terms
ad-valorem duty, agricultural duties, anti-dumping duties, approved exporter, association agree..., ATA carnet, authorised consignee, authorised consignor, binding origin in..., binding tariff in..., combined nomencla..., commercial policy... and 65 more...
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