havala

noun
🔊/həˈvɑːlə/
🔊/həˈvɑːlə/
(also hawala)
[uncountable]
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  1. (in Arab countries and South Asia) a traditional system of transferring money to a person in another country or area, which involves paying money to an agent who then tells another agent in the relevant place to pay that person哈瓦拉汇款体系(阿拉伯国家和南亚的传统汇款方式,汇款人付钱给一名代理人,后者再告知相关地点的另一名代理人付钱给收款人)