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transfer

Definitions


[ˈtrɑːnsfəː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move from one place to another
(e.g: he intends to transfer the fund's assets to the Treasury)

- change to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey
(e.g: passengers have to transfer at Heathrow for onward international flights)

- make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another
(e.g: we will transfer full planning responsibility to local authorities)

- change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor
(e.g: between Latin and English, the sense was transferred from the inhabitants to the place)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French transférer or Latin transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The earliest use of the noun (late 17th century) was as a legal term in the sense ‘conveyance of property’


[ˈtrɑːnsfəː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.
(e.g: a transfer of wealth to the EU's poorer nations)

- a small coloured picture or design on paper, which can be transferred to another surface by being pressed or heated
(e.g: T-shirts with iron-on transfers)

- an act of changing to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey
(e.g: bus transfers between the airport and the city centre cost about £11)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French transférer or Latin transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The earliest use of the noun (late 17th century) was as a legal term in the sense ‘conveyance of property’




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