aval
aval noun: a financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
Noun (1)
aval (plural avals)
- A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
Adjective
aval (not comparable)
- Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
- Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for...1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press, published 1973, →ISBN, page 299
- Synonyms:
- grandparental
Noun (2)
aval (uncountable)
- Synonym of flattened rice.
- Synonyms:
- flattened rice
aval meaning in Thai
aval in Thai
- financial guarantee
- อาวัล aa-wan
Synonyms of aval
Forms of aval
| plural | avals |
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Origin of aval
Borrowed from French aval.
From Latin avus (“grandfather”) + -al.
From Malayalam അവൽ (aval) or Tamil அவல் (aval).
Phrases with aval
Questions about aval
- What does aval mean?
- Aval means a financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
- What is aval in Thai?
- Aval in Thai is อาวัล (aa-wan). See Aval meaning in Thai.
- What part of speech is aval?
- Aval can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of aval?
- The plural of aval is avals.
Words near aval in the dictionary
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