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6 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
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
originEtymology tree Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla)bor. English hawala Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “transfer, trust”).
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