handover

American  

[hand-oh-ver] / ˈhændˌoʊ vər /

Or hand-over

noun

• handovers
  plural

1. the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc..

   a handover of occupied territory.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• handovers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of handover

Noun use of verb phrase hand over

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

handover handovers

Following the decision, the Pitt Rivers is now organising an official handover ceremony involving a Naga delegation.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

"We see some horrors," he says, adding that current checks on new homes before handover are insufficient.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The September 9 iPhone event will be the first public measure of the handover.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

There are also provisions for the handover of civilian authorities from Hamas to the national committee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The handover can be plotted in stages, starting with a slow, dreamy triplet shuffle in jazz violinist Joe Venuti’s 1929 track ‘Apple Blossoms’, then in a more frantic version in his ‘Really Blue’ of 1930.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The most recent set of hostage handovers was part of the US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal that took effect on October 10.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Sibling duo Roman Kemp and Harleymoon were candid about their relationship not being as close as they would like: busy careers had reduced their interactions to quick spare-key handovers and dog drop-offs.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

These craven handovers will have an entirely predictable result: They will only encourage further extortionate suits against news organizations.

From Salon ● May 24, 2025

It also identified that potentially more than 36,000 patients may have experienced some harm and that delayed handovers cost about £50m over the past five years.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025

The next such handovers are scheduled to take place Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025