Vire

//vaɪə(ɹ)// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.

    "For example, in 1993, only 8 per cent of the survey schools said that they were likely to vire funds if problems arose during the year."

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"For example, in 1993, only 8 per cent of the survey schools said that they were likely to vire funds if problems arose during the year."

Etymology

From Old French vire, from virer (“to turn”). Compare veer, vireton.

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