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giro

/ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/

giro noun: a transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.

Noun

giro (plural giros)

  1. (usually) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
  2. (Ireland, UK, informal) An unemployment benefit cheque.
    • His Shepherd's Bush giro was in doubt now, because he had declined the exciting career opportunity to work in the Burger King in Notting Hill Gate.1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “The First Shag in Ages”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 146

Verb

giro (third-person singular simple present giros, present participle giroing, simple past and past participle giroed)

  1. To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Giro

the Giro

  1. (by ellipsis) The Giro d'Italia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Giro

Giro

  1. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

giro meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

giro in Tamil

வங்கிக் கணக்கு மாற்றும்முறை

giro in Marathi

गिरो

giro in Bengali

গিরো, গিরোর প্রতি

giro in Telugu

గిరో
More languagesFewer languages
giro in Malayalam
ഗിരോയിലേക്ക്
giro in Kannada
ಗಿರೊ, ಗಿರೋ
giro in Punjabi
ਗਿਰੋ, ਗੀਰੋ
giro in Gujarati
ગિરો
giro in Odia
ଗିରୋ
giro in Vietnamese
chuyển khoản

Forms of giro

Noun
pluralgiros
Verb
third-person singular presentgiros
present participlegiroing
past participlegiroed
pastgiroed

Plural of giro: giros

Origin of giro

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”).

Words formed from giro

Phrases with giro

Words that rhyme with giro

Questions about giro

What does giro mean?
Giro means a transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
What is giro in Tamil?
Giro in Tamil is வங்கிக் கணக்கு மாற்றும்முறை. See Giro meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is giro?
Giro can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce giro?
Giro is pronounced /ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of giro?
The plural of giro is giros.

Words near giro in the dictionary

  1. girner
  2. girners
  3. girning
  4. girnings
  5. girns
  6. giro
  7. Giro d'Italia
  8. girocheque
  9. girocheques
  10. Girod
  11. Girods

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: giro (page history and authors); Giro (page history and authors); GIRO (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); giro (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); giro (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); giro (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); giro (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); giro (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); giro (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); giro (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); giro (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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