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wire transfer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A transfer of funds between banks by electronic means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: transferència bancària — electronic transfer of funds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線上轉帳 /线上转帐 (xiànshàng zhuǎnzhàng) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電匯 /电汇 (diànhuì) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Esperanto: ĝiro — electronic transfer of funds
  • Estonian: pangaülekanne — electronic transfer of funds
  • Finnish: tilisiirto — electronic transfer of funds
  • French: virement bancaire — electronic transfer of funds
  • Georgian: საბანკო გადარიცხვა (sabanḳo gadaricxva) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Georgian: ფულადი გადარიცხვა (puladi gadaricxva) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Georgian: ელექტრონული გადარიცხვა (elekṭronuli gadaricxva) — electronic transfer of funds
  • German: Überweisung — electronic transfer of funds
  • German: Banküberweisung — electronic transfer of funds
  • Hungarian: átutalás — electronic transfer of funds
  • Hungarian: banki/elektronikus átutalás — electronic transfer of funds
  • Icelandic: símgreiðsla — electronic transfer of funds
  • Icelandic: millifærsla — electronic transfer of funds
  • Italian: trasferimento bancario — electronic transfer of funds
  • Italian: bonifico — electronic transfer of funds
  • Japanese: 電信送金 (denshin sōkin) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Japanese: 振り込み (furikomi) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Korean: 전신송금 — electronic transfer of funds
  • Polish: przelew — electronic transfer of funds
  • Portuguese: transferência eletrónica (bancária) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Russian: де́нежный перево́д (dénežnyj perevód) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Russian: ба́нковский перево́д (bánkovskij perevód) — electronic transfer of funds
  • Spanish: transferencia bancaria — electronic transfer of funds
  • Turkish: virman — electronic transfer of funds
  • Vietnamese: chuyển khoản — electronic transfer of funds
  • Vietnamese: chuyển nhận — electronic transfer of funds
  • Vietnamese: chuyển tiền — electronic transfer of funds
  • Vietnamese: chuyển — electronic transfer of funds
  • Welsh: trosglwyddiad — electronic transfer of funds