handover
or hand-o·ver
[hand-oh-ver]
- the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
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Origin of handover
noun use of verb phrase hand over
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Examples from the Web for handover
Contemporary Examples
The handover was peaceful and happened in eastern Afghanistan along the border, according to a senior U.S. Defense official.
Here are the Taliban Terrorists Obama Released to Free POW Bowe BergdahlEli Lake, Josh Rogin
May 31, 2014
Their seed money came from a smuggling operation that they ran prior to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China.
A spokesman for the ICC said it had received no information about a handover to Libyan authorities in Tripoli.
The case has split the top leadership of the Communist party, and has cast a shadow over the handover.
The Brits refer to this transaction as “the handover;” the Chinese call it “the return.”
Historical Examples
Thoroughly well-meaning, Mrs. Handover was the most incompetent of housewives.
The WhirlpoolGeorge Gissing