Aval
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
- 2 Synonym of flattened rice.
- 1 Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent. not-comparable, rare
"Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort."
Example
More examples"Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort."
Etymology
Borrowed from French aval.
From Latin avus (“grandfather”).
From Malayalam അവൽ (aval) or Tamil அவல் (aval).
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