giro
Americannoun
plural
girosnoun
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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
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informal an unemployment or income support payment by giro cheque, posted fortnightly
Etymology
Origin of giro
By shortening
Example Sentences
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En un interesante giro de los acontecimientos, Lahijani presentó una demanda contra la Lotería de California alegando que él era en realidad el legítimo propietario de ambos boletos, pero que había perdido el segundo.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
Entonces, su vida como soldado dio un giro difícil.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022
Los hijos de Spike Lee fungirán como embajadores en la ceremonia de los Globos de Oro pero, en un giro inesperado, su padre no asistirá al evento… o al menos no como nominado.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2021
Además, reciben visitas de profesionales del giro y agentes.
From Washington Times • May 31, 2015
This procession made the giro of the city, for we fell in with it again in the Piazza della Colonna two hours afterwards.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry
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