First Known Use: 1890
Dictionary
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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Origin of GIRO
German, circulation (of currency), from Italian, from Latin gyrus gyre
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