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noun
A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Islamic finance
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: banking industry, banking system
History
Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “transfer, trust”).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
