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giro

UK/ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/ rare informal uk

noun

1.

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

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2.

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

Origin

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”).

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