transfer

UK /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/ US /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/
verb 5noun 5

Definitions

verb

1

To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion

2

To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone

3

To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.

transfer to the Blue Line

4

To be or become transferred.

5

To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.

The title to land is transferred by deed.

noun

1

The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.

2

An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.

A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

3

An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.

Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.

4

A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.

5

A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.

All passenger stock is lettered in shaded gold leaf transfers and has never been decorated with either a crest or monogram.

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