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/həˈwɑːlə/ · noun
(Islamic finance) A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers..
Use hawala when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hawala means (Islamic finance) A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers..
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