Brexit

[ breg-zit, brek-sit ]

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.

Origin of Brexit

First recorded in 2012; (originally also spelled Brixit, referencing Britain's possible withdrawal); Br(itain) or Br(itish) + exit¹; probably patterned on Grexit, which dates from earlier that year

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How to use Brexit in a sentence

With the acceleration of cross-border e-commerce and macro events like Brexit, that customer profile is evidently expanding.
AccountsIQ scores €5.8M for its financial management software for multi-entity SMEs | Steve O'Hear | February 19, 2021 | TechCrunch
Analysis of the 2016 Brexit vote shows that those who most strongly think of themselves as English went against staying with the EU.
Why a Universal Society Is Unattainable - Issue 95: Escape | Mark W. Moffett | January 14, 2021 | Nautilus
Throughout the talks, Johnson and other Brexit hardliners insisted that “no deal” was better than “a bad deal.”
The U.K. has finally reached a Christmas Eve trade deal with the EU | kdunn6 | December 24, 2020 | Fortune
We’d already seen an increase in demand because of the Brexit deadline but there’s plenty of spare capacity.
After mutant virus fears cut off trucking routes to Europe, U.K. businesses look to cargo jets and freight trains | kdunn6 | December 22, 2020 | Fortune
That’s despite little to no progress on stimulus negotiations in Washington, or on Brexit trade talks in Europe.
Why Wall Street is ‘signaling caution’ for your stock portfolio in 2021 | Bernhard Warner | December 15, 2020 | Fortune

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