ESB

Translingual

Symbol

ESB

1. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for foreign-owned accounts in convertible Spanish pesetas; a unit of account used until 1993.

   Coordinate terms: ESA, ESP

Usage notes

This code was used in relation to foreign-owned accounts holding convertible pesetas, which could be used for the transfer of funds from Spain to foreign countries (sometimes referred to as "B" accounts). In 1985, these subsumed the function of the abolished "A" accounts (code ESA), which were foreign-owned accounts which could be used for transactions in Spain. "B" accounts were themselves abolished in 1993.

English

Noun

ESB (plural ESBs)

1. (beer) Initialism of extra special bitter.
2. (computing) Initialism of enterprise service bus.

Proper noun

ESB

1. (Ireland) Initialism of Electricity Supply Board.

Anagrams

• BES, BEs, BSE, Bes, EBs, EbS, SEB, SbE, Seb, bes

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ESB

1. BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)