transfer

trans·fer

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verb

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

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.

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transfer

transitive verb

-·ferred, -·fer·ring

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 of transfer

Middle English transferren from Classical Latin transferre from trans-, across + ferre, to bear

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

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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transfer

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 (property, for example); 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

also trans·fer·al 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 of transfer

Middle English transferren from Old French transferer from Latin trānsferre trāns- trans- ferre to carry ; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

trans·fer′a·bil′i·ty
noun

trans·fer′a·ble trans·fer′ra·ble
adjective

trans·fer′rer
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)

To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
(intransitive) To be or become transferred.
(law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
The title to land is transferred by deed.

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural transfers)

(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
(countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
(countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
(medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.

Usage notes

In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.

Related terms

transference
transferent
transferential

Origin

From Latin trÄnsferÅ (“I bear across").

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transfer - Computer Definition

To send data over a computer channel or bus. "Transfer" generally applies to transmission within the computer system, and "transmit" refers to transmission outside the computer over a line or network. Transfers are actually copies, since the data are in both locations at the end of the transfer. Input, output and move instructions activate data transfers in the computer.

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transfer - Legal Definition

n

Any and every method of removing something from one person or place to another; specifically, the handing over of possession or control of assets or title. Transfer may be affected by assignment, by delivery, by indorsement, and by operation of law.

v

the act of handing over possession or control.