hawala

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From Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “transfer, trust”).

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hawala (countable and uncountable, plural hawalas)

  1. (Islamic finance) A long-established informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers.

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