Brexit

[ breg-zit, brek-sit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from membership in the European Union.
the nonbinding national referendum in 2016 that resulted in a vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

First recorded in 2012; (originally also spelled Brixit , referencing Britain's possible withdrawal); Br(itain) ( def ) or Br(itish) ( def ) + exit ¹( def ); probably patterned on Grexit ( def ), which dates from earlier that year

With the acceleration of cross-border e-commerce and macro events like Brexit, that customer profile is evidently expanding.

Analysis of the 2016 Brexit vote shows that those who most strongly think of themselves as English went against staying with the EU.

Throughout the talks, Johnson and other Brexit hardliners insisted that “no deal” was better than “a bad deal.”

We’d already seen an increase in demand because of the Brexit deadline but there’s plenty of spare capacity.

That’s despite little to no progress on stimulus negotiations in Washington, or on Brexit trade talks in Europe.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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