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

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