giro

noun gi·ro \ˈjir-(ˌ)ō, ˈzhir-; ˈjē-(ˌ)rō, ˈzhē-, especially British ˈjī-\

: a check paid by the government to someone who is sick or does not have a job

Full Definition of GIRO

: a service of many European banks that permits authorized direct transfer of funds among account holders as well as conventional transfers by check

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German, circulation (of currency), from Italian, from Latin gyrus gyre

First Known Use: 1890

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