giro

[ jahy-roh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural gi·ros.

giro

/ ˈdʒaɪrəʊ /

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

Origin of giro¹

By shortening

Origin of giro¹

C20: ultimately from Greek guros circuit

Then, as the auto-giro speeded away, the man on the field began to run towards Shady Nook.

It was an auto-giro, fluttering over a near-by field where there did not happen to be any trees.

This procession made the giro of the city, for we fell in with it again in the Piazza della Colonna two hours afterwards.

E la velocit del giro del danaro, non la quantit dei metalli che fa apparir molto a poco il danaro.

One of these houses on the Giro had for generations been in the possession of the Guai family.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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