giro

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
  2. noun a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so

Etymology

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

giro cheque

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