- [uncountable] (
finance 金融 a system in which money can be moved from one bank or post office account to another electronically （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
- (also giro cheque)[countable] (British English)
(in the past 旧时 a cheque that the government paid through the giro system to people who were unemployed or sick or who had a very small income （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。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: via German from Italian, ‘circulation (of money)’.