transfer

Transfer is defined as to move, carry or transport from one person or place to another.

(verb)

An example of to transfer is the owner of a car signing the title over to a new owner.
An example of to transfer is picking up a package from one location and bringing it to another.

See transfer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to convey, carry, remove, or send from one person, place, or position to another
to make over or convey (property, title to property, etc.) to another
to convey (a picture, design, etc.) from one surface to another by any of several processes

Origin: ME transferren < L transferre < trans-, across + ferre, to bear

intransitive verb

to transfer oneself or be transferred; move
☆ to withdraw from one school, college, course of study, etc. and be admitted to another
☆ to change from one bus, train, or streetcar to another, usually by presenting a transfer

noun

1. a transferring or being transferred
2. a means of transferring
a thing or person that is transferred; specif., a picture or design transferred or to be transferred from one surface to another
☆ a ticket, provided free or at a small extra charge, entitling the bearer to change from one bus, train, or streetcar to another as specified
☆ a place for transferring
☆ a form or document effecting a transfer, as from one post or position to another
☆ a person who transfers or is transferred from one school, post, position, etc. to another
Law
1. the transferring of a title, right, etc. from one person to another
2. the document effecting this

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See transfer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring, trans·fers

verb, transitive

To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
Law To make over the possession or legal title of; convey.
To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.

verb, intransitive

To move oneself from one location or job to another.
To withdraw from one educational institution or course of study and enroll in another.
To change from one public conveyance to another: transferred to another bus.

noun (trănsˈfər)

also trans·fer·al (trăns-fûrˈəl) The conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another.
One who transfers or is transferred, as to a new school.
A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another.
a. A ticket entitling a passenger to change from one public conveyance to another as part of one trip.
b. A place where such a change is made.
also transferal Law A conveyance of title or property from one person to another.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English transferren

Origin: , from Old French transferer

Origin: , from Latin trānsferre

Origin: : trāns-, trans-

Origin: + ferre, to carry; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots

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