| 释义 |
hawaladar, n.
Brit. |həˈwɑːlədɑː|, U.S. |həˈwɑlədɑr|
Plural unchanged, -s
[‹ Persian ḥawāla-dār (see havildar n.), with semantic influence from hawala n.]
A person who acts as an agent in a hawala transaction; a hawala dealer. Cf. hawala n.
2000Straits Times (Singapore) 4 May 36 When a customer wants money to be transferred to someone else in another country, he goes to a hawaladar, or remitting agent. The agent will, in turn, contact a hawaladar he knows in the other country and ask him to transfer the money, for a small percentage of the total transaction. The transfer is based on trust. 2001Guardian 15 Oct. ii. 4/3 In 1993 Congress passed a law requiring US hawaladar to register with the government and to file suspicious activity reports like banks. 2004Wall St. Jrnl. (Central ed.) 17 Feb. a6/3 We spoke with hawaladars that are moving $10 million a day. |