giro
noun/ˈdʒaɪrəʊ/
/ˈdʒaɪrəʊ/
(plural giros)
- [uncountable] (finance) a system in which money can be moved from one bank or post office account to another electronically
- to pay by giro
- a giro credit/payment/transfer
- (also giro cheque)[countable] (British English) (in the past) a cheque that the government paid through the giro system to people who were unemployed or sick or who had a very small income
- It was easy for families to run out of money before the weekly giro arrived.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: via German from Italian, ‘circulation (of money)’.
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