giro

[jahy-roh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

giros

giro

/ ˈ��ɪ��əʊ /

a system of transferring money within the financial institutions of a country, such as banks and post offices, by which bills, etc may be paid by filling in a giro form authorizing the debit of a specified sum from one's own account to the credit of the payee's account
informal��an unemployment or income support payment by giro cheque, posted fortnightly

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Origin of giro¹

By shortening

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Origin of giro¹

C20: ultimately from Greek guros circuit

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This tradition is unique to Venice — no cars means easy crawling — where it’s known as a “giro d’ombra.”

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For giro, he or she comes around the lead.

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One day, when I was on the dole and had just got my giro, me and my mate went to the pub until we got chucked out – at 3pm in those days.

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"We were going out on the streets to make a living really, just to top up our giro and earn enough for a few pints in the evenings."

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You are a scouser, a dirty scouser, You're only happy on giro day.

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