giro
noun /ˈdʒaɪrəʊ/
/ˈdʒaɪrəʊ/
(plural giros)
- [uncountable] (finance
) a system in which money can be moved from one bank or post office account to another electronically金融 (银行或邮局)直接转账 - to pay by giro
用直接转账支付 - a giro credit/payment/transfer
直接转账信贷/支付;直接转账
- to pay by giro
- (also giro cheque)[countable] (British English) (in the past
) a cheque that the government paid through the giro system to people who were unemployed or sick or who had a very small income旧时 (政府支付给失业者、病人或低收入者的)直接转账救济支票 - It was easy for families to run out of money before the weekly giro arrived.
在每周的银行转帐到来之前,家庭很容易就用光了钱。
- It was easy for families to run out of money before the weekly giro arrived.
词源late 19th cent.: via German from Italian, ‘circulation (of money)’.