transfer /trans-fûrˈ or träns-/

1. To carry or bring over
2. To convey or move from one place, person, ownership, object, group, school, football club, etc, to another
3. To change over
4. To convey (eg a design) to another surface

1. To change over, esp (US) from one railway, train or station, to another
2. To move from one school, football club, etc to another

1. The act of transferring
2. A design to be conveyed from one surface to another
3. Conveyance from one person, place, etc, to another
4. A person who or thing that is transferred or is to be transferred (eg a football player)
5. A transfer ticket (esp N American)
6. The passing of property or some other right to another person (law)
7. Any document attesting to this (law)

transferabilˈity, also transferrabilˈity or transferribilˈity noun

transferable, transferrable or transferrible /transˈ or tränsˈ, or -fûrˈ/ adjective

transfereeˈ noun

1. The person to whom a thing is transferred
2. A person who is transferred

transˈference noun

1. The act of transferring or conveying
2. Passage from place to place
3. Unconscious transferring of one's hopes, desires, fears, etc, from one person or object to another (psychology)

transferenˈtial adjective

transferrˈal noun

An act of transferring

transferrˈer or (law) transˈferor noun

A person who transfers

transferable vote noun

A vote which, if the candidate voted for should be out of the running, is to be transferred to another as second or subsequent choice

transfer book noun

A register of the transfer of property, shares, etc

transfer day noun

A day for registering transfer of bank-stock and government funds at the Bank of England

transfer fee noun

A fee paid by one club in return for a transferred player

transfer list noun

A list of footballers available for transfer to another club

transfer machine noun (engineering)

A machine in which a workpiece or assembly passes automatically through a number of stations, undergoing one or more production processes at each

transfer paper noun

A specially coated paper used for transferring impressions with copying presses, etc

transfer payment noun

Money received through transfer from the state or other body, eg a pension, not reckoned when calculating national income

Transfer Procedure test noun

(in N Ireland) a test taken by primary school pupils, the results of which are taken into account when allocating places in grammar schools

transfer RNA noun (biochemistry)

RNA in the form of a small molecule that links messenger RNA and protein synthesis, a loop on one end of the molecule binding to a specific codon of the mRNA, the other end binding to the corresponding amino acid (abbrev tRNA)

transfer ticket noun

A ticket for a journey to be resumed on another route

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