"aval" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin avus (“grandfather”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|avus||grandfather}} Latin avus (“grandfather”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aval (not comparable)
  1. (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent. Tags: not-comparable, rare Synonyms: grandparental Hyponyms (grandfather): grandfatherly, grandpaternal Hyponyms (grandmother): grandmaternal, grandmotherly
    Sense id: en-aval-en-adj-9606Kajv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: avals [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French aval. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|aval}} French aval Head templates: {{en-noun}} aval (plural avals)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Finance, Law Translations (financial guarantee): авал (aval) [masculine] (Bulgarian), avalo (Esperanto), vekselitakaus (Finnish), avaali (Finnish), avalo (Ido), аваль (aval) (Kazakh), кепілхат (kepılxat) (Kazakh), awal [masculine] (Polish), อาวัล (aa-wan) (Thai)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Malayalam അവൽ (aval) or Tamil அவல் (aval). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ml|അവൽ}} Malayalam അവൽ (aval), {{der|en|ta|அவல்}} Tamil அவல் (aval)
  1. Synonym of flattened rice Synonyms: flattened rice [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-aval-en-noun-PrcezDir
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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