xu

[soo]

noun

plural

xu 

1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, one 100th of a dong: no longer in use.

xu

/ tʃʊ /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Vietnam worth one hundredth of a dông

Word History and Origins

Origin of xu¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from Vietnamese, from French sou; sou

Example Sentences

“The Chinese oil majors will likely halt buying Russian oil,” Xu said.

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"No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air pollution, but it's the poorest among us who are facing the harshest impact," Haoliang Xu, acting administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, told AFP in a statement.

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"No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air pollution, but it's the poorest among us who are facing the harshest impact," Haoliang Xu, acting administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, told AFP in a statement.

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China's inflation stabilisation is "fragile and volatile", said Tianzeng Xu from the Economist Intelligence Unit in response to Wednesday's data.

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"The housing market has not yet recovered and the labour market remains weak," Xu added.

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