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Transferring - 2 dictionary results

trans⋅fer

  [v. trans-fur, trans-fer; n., adj. trans-fer] verb, -ferred, -fer⋅ring, noun, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
2. to cause to pass from one person to another, as thought, qualities, or power; transmit.
3. Law. to make over the possession or control of: to transfer a title to land.
4. to imprint, impress, or otherwise convey (a drawing, design, pattern, etc.) from one surface to another.
–verb (used without object)
5. to remove oneself from one place to another: to transfer from the New York office to London.
6. to withdraw from one school, college, or the like, and enter another: I transferred from Rutgers to Tulane.
7. to be moved from one place to another: to transfer to overseas duty.
8. to change by means of a transfer from one bus, train, or the like, to another.
–noun
9. a means or system of transferring.
10. an act of transferring.
11. the fact of being transferred.
12. a point or place for transferring.
13. a ticket entitling a passenger to continue a journey on another bus, train, or the like.
14. a drawing, design, pattern, or the like, that is or may be transferred from one surface to another, usually by direct contact.
15. a person who changes or is changed from one college, military unit, business department, etc., to another.
16. Law. a conveyance, by sale, gift, or otherwise, of real or personal property, to another.
17. Finance. the act of having the ownership of a stock or registered bond transferred.
18. Also called transfer of training. Psychology. the positive or negative influence of prior learning on subsequent learning. Compare generalization (def. 4).
19. Also called language transfer. Linguistics. the application of native-language rules in attempted performance in a second language, in some cases resulting in deviations from target-language norms and in other cases facilitating second-language acquisition.
–adjective
20. of, pertaining to, or involving transfer payments.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME transferren (v.) < L trānsferre, equiv. to trāns- trans- + ferre to bear 1 , carry

Related forms:
trans⋅fer⋅a⋅ble, trans⋅fer⋅ra⋅ble, adjective
trans⋅fer⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
trans⋅fer⋅rer, noun
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trans·fer   (trāns-fûr', trāns'fər)   
v.   trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring, trans·fers

v.   tr.
  1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
  2. Law To make over the possession or legal title of; convey.
  3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.
v.   intr.
  1. To move oneself from one location or job to another.
  2. To withdraw from one educational institution or course of study and enroll in another.
  3. To change from one public conveyance to another: transferred to another bus.
n.   (trāns'fər)
  1. also trans·fer·al (trāns-fûr'əl) The conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another.
  2. One who transfers or is transferred, as to a new school.
  3. A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another.
    1. A ticket entitling a passenger to change from one public conveyance to another as part of one trip.
    2. A place where such a change is made.
  5. also transferal Law A conveyance of title or property from one person to another.

[Middle English transferren, from Old French transferer, from Latin trānsferre : trāns-, trans- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
trans·fer'a·bil'i·ty n., trans·fer'a·ble, trans·fer'ra·ble adj., trans·fer'rer n.
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