bloc /; AmE / noun [C]

1

a group of countries that work closely together because they have similar political or financial interests:

the former Soviet bloc

a trade/trading bloc

2 (Economics ) = CURRENCY BLOC

• firm
• firmware
• first class
• first-generation
• first half
• first in, first out
• first-line manager
• first mover
• first order of business
• first refusal
• first-round financing
• first section
• first tier
• first-tier supplier
• first-time
• fiscal
• fiscal drag
• fiscal policy
• fiscal year
• fishbone diagram
• fishery
• fish farm
• fit
• fitness
• fitter