Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: ecb
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of European Central Bank.

name

Initialism of England and Wales Cricket Board (“the governing body for the sport of cricket in England and Wales”).

noun

Initialism of event control block (IBM).

Example Sentences

"With more than €300bn of new bonds to be issued next year, Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, and his colleagues had reason to be grateful to the ECB."
"The latest projections were issued after a policy meeting at ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, where the bank's governing council voted to hold interest rates steady at 1%, as expected."

Questions

What does ecb mean?: Initialism of European Central Bank.

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