aval
English
Etymology 1
Noun
aval (plural avals)
- (finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
Translations
financial guarantee
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References
- aval, in Investopedia.
Etymology 2
From Latin avus (“grandfather”).
Adjective
aval (not comparable)
- (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
- 1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press (1973), →ISBN, page 299:
- 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.
- 1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press (1973), →ISBN, page 299:
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (grandfather): grandfatherly, grandpaternal
- (grandmother): grandmaternal, grandmotherly
Anagrams
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation
Noun
aval m
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation
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Noun
aval m (plural avalow or avallow)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- aval briansen (“larynx”)
- aval dor (“potato”)
- aval dor brewys (“mashed potato”)
- aval goodh (“crabapple, wild apple”)
- aval gwlanek (“peach”)
- aval kerensa (“tomato”)
- aval lagas (“eyeball”)
- aval paradhis (“grapefruit”)
- aval saben (“pinecone”)
- avalen (“apple tree”)
- limaval (“lime”)
- lymmaval (“lemon”)
- owraval (“orange”)
- pinaval (“pineapple”)
- sugen aval (“apple juice”)
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
aval m (uncountable)
- downstream area, lower reaches (of river)
Derived terms
- en aval (adjective) (downstream)
Etymology 2
Probably an abbreviation of à valoir.
Noun
aval m (plural avals)
Descendants
- → Catalan: aval
- → English: aval
- → Galician: aval
- → Italian: avallo
- → Portuguese: aval
- → Spanish: aval
Anagrams
Further reading
- “aval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan
Etymology
Adverb
aval
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
aval m (plural avais)
- permit (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal)
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aval m (plural avales)
Derived terms
Further reading
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