transfer

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: trans=fer
• COUNT in NET: 6 in 6 verses (in OT : 6 in 6 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

transfer, v. t. [L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to bear: cf. F. transférer. See Bear to carry.].

•  To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.  [1913 Webster]
•  To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.  Tomlinson.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.

transfer, n. 

•  The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.  [1913 Webster]
•  The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise.  [1913 Webster]

  "I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property."  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is transferred.  [1913 Webster]
•  A pathological process by virtue of 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.  [1913 Webster]

Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Bithell. -- Transfer office, an office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. -- Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. -- Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse table. See under Traverse.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

transfer, v. & n.
--v. (transferred, transferring)
1 tr. (often foll. by to) a convey, remove, or hand over (a thing etc.) (transferred the bag from the car to the station). b make over the possession of (property, a ticket, rights, etc.) to a person (transferred his membership to his son).
2 tr. & intr. change or move to another group, club, department, etc.
3 intr. change from one station, route, etc., to another on a journey.
4 tr. a convey (a drawing etc.) from one surface to another, esp. to a lithographic stone by means of transfer-paper. b remove (a picture) from one surface to another, esp. from wood or a wall to canvas.
5 tr. change (the sense of a word etc.) by extension or metaphor.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of transferring or being transferred.
2 a a design etc. conveyed or to be conveyed from one surface to another. b a small usu. coloured picture or design on paper, which is transferable to another surface.
3 a football player etc. who is or is to be transferred.
4 a the conveyance of property, a right, etc. b a document effecting this.
5 US a ticket allowing a journey to be continued on another route etc.

Idiom

transfer-book a register of transfers of property, shares, etc. transfer company US a company conveying passengers or luggage between stations. transfer fee a fee paid for the transfer of esp. a professional footballer. transfer ink ink used for making designs on a lithographic stone or transfer-paper. transfer list a list of footballers available for transfer. transfer-paper specially coated paper to receive the impression of transfer ink and transfer it to stone. transfer RNA RNA conveying an amino-acid molecule from the cytoplasm to a ribosome for use in protein synthesis etc.

Derivative

transferee n. transferor esp. Law n. transferrer n.

Etymology

ME f. F transf{eacute}rer or L transferre (as TRANS-, ferre lat- bear)

THESAURUS

transfer

abalienate, accredit, alien, alienate, amortize, announcement, apograph, assign, authorize, barter, bequeath, bring, broadcast, carbon, carbon copy, carry, carry over, cart, cede, change, charge, charter, circulate, come across with, commission, commit, communicate, communication, conduction, confer, consign, contagion, convection, convey, conveyance, deed, deed over, delegate, deliver, deliver over, delivery, demise, deport, deportation, depute, deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, diapedesis, diffuse, diffusion, disclosure, dislocate, dispense, disseminate, dissemination, distribute, disturb, empower, enfeoff, entrust, exchange, expel, export, exportation, expulsion, extradite, extradition, feed, fiche, find, fork over, forward, get across, get over, give, give in, give in charge, give out, give over, give title to, give word, giving, hand, hand down, hand forward, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over, haul, impart, impartation, imparting, impartment, import, importation, interchange, leave word, license, make known, make over, manifold, metastasis, metastasize, metathesis, metathesize, metempsychosis, microcopy, microfiche, microform, migration, mission, move, mutual transfer, negotiate, notification, osmosis, pass, pass along, pass on, pass out, pass over, pass the buck, passage, passing over, perfuse, perfusion, post, publication, reach, recording, relay, relocate, remove, render, report, resign, rubbing, sell, send, send out, send word, settle, settle on, share, share with, sharing, shift, ship, sign away, sign over, signal, spread, spreading, surrender, switch, take, tell, telling, tenor, tracing, trade, transcript, transcription, transduction, transfer of property, transfer property, transference, transfuse, transfusion, transit, transition, translate, translation, translocate, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmit, transmittal, transmittance, transplace, transplacement, transplant, transplantation, transport, transposal, transpose, transposition, travel, turn over, warrant

ROGET THESAURUS

transfer

Transfer

N transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation, demise, limitation, conveyancing, transmission, enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release, exchange, barter, substitution, succession, reversion, shifting use, shifting trust, devolution, alienable, negotiable, estate coming into possession.

VB transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.

Displacement

VB displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish, exile, ablegate, set aside, remove, take away, cart away, take off, draft off, lade, unload, empty, transfer, dispel, vacate, depart.

Transference

N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course, transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

Learning

VB learn, acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning, acquaint oneself with, master, make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with, grind, cram, get up, coach up, learn by heart, learn by rote, read, spell, peruse, con over, pore over, thumb over, wade through, dip into, run the eye over, run the eye through, turn over the leaves, study, be studious, burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book, cram, go to school, go to college, go to the university, matriculate, serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time, learn one's trade, be informed, be taught, drop out, leave school, quit school, graduate, transfer, take a leave, dismiss, expel, kick out of school, flunk out, be dismissed.