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giro

noun

1 giro

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.

synonym: giro cheque.

Dutch: kascheque

2 giro

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.

Dutch: giro, postcheck, postcheque- en girodienst, postcheque-en-girodienst


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