giro
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
Definition of giro
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (usually)A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
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noun
- (usually)A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
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(Ireland, UK, informal)An unemployment benefit cheque.
“His Shepherd's Bush giro was in doubt now, because he had declined the exciting career opportunity to work in the Burger King in Notting Hill Gate.”
verb
- To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
name
- The Giro d'Italia.
- A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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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”).
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