a system of transferring money within the financial institutions of a country, such as banks and post offices, by which bills, etc, may be paid by filling in a giro form authorizing the debit of a specified sum from one's own account to the credit of the payee's account
2. British informal
an unemployment or income support payment by giro cheque, posted fortnightly
Word origin
C20: ultimately from Greek guros circuit
Examples of 'giro' in a sentence
giro
Many locals were woken well before their giros arrived.