giro cheque
- noun
- /ˈdʒaɪəroʊ tʃɛk/
- Archaic
:
cheque de giro
- She went to the post office every Thursday to cash her giro cheque.
Examples
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After losing his job, he relied on the giro cheque to cover his basic expenses.
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I received a giro cheque from the government last week.
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The giro cheque system was eventually replaced by direct bank transfers.
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Have you cashed your giro cheque yet?
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After losing his job, he relied on the giro cheque to cover his basic expenses.
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She went to the post office every Thursday to cash her giro cheque.
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I received a giro cheque from the government last week.
Synonyms
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8.8
A cheque from the government that pays money to people without work or on benefits
Surface Forms
Morphology
giro + cheque
The compound directly combines 'giro' (a cheque for unemployment/benefit payments) with 'cheque', so its meaning — a government/benefit cheque — is transparently derivable from the constituents. Although 'giro' is a somewhat regionally specific or specialised banking term, a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE’s meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
The noun giro cheque comes from the banking word giro, a system for sending money, and the word cheque, a paper payment. Governments used these paper payments to help people, and they would cash their giro cheque at a bank or post office, so today it means a government 'welfare payment'.