| giro | (n) a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office, Syn. giro cheque |
| giro | (n) a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so |
| giro account | (n) an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank |
| gironde | (n) the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution |
| girondism | (n) the doctrine of the Girondists |
| girondist | (n) a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins, Syn. Girondin |