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- to pay by giro
- a giro credit/payment/transfer
 
- (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- It was easy for families to run out of money before the weekly giro arrived.
 
Word Originlate 19th cent.: via German from Italian, ‘circulation (of money)’.