havala
noun/həˈvɑːlə/
/həˈvɑːlə/
(also hawala)
[uncountable]- (in Arab countries and South Asia) a traditional system of transferring money to a person in another country or area, which involves paying money to an agent who then tells another agent in the relevant place to pay that person
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