handover

or hand-o·ver

[ hand-oh-ver ]

noun

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

   a handover of occupied territory.

Word History and Origins

Origin of handover¹

Noun use of verb phrase hand over

Example Sentences

As the city looks toward a new administration on the 25th anniversary of its handover, the time for transformative action to aid its poor has never been more ripe.

From Time

After witnessing the handover, the hospital filed a child-neglect report with the Department of Children and Families, which triggered an investigation.

From Washington Post

The handover is both a victory lap for American and Iraqi officials and a symbolic warning to looters that both governments are committed to eradicating the illicit trade of cultural artifacts.

From Washington Post

She was a nurse, and after every shift, there’d be a handover report to the incoming doctors and nurses.

From Time

The handover was peaceful and happened in eastern Afghanistan along the border, according to a senior U.S. Defense official.

From The Daily Beast

Their seed money came from a smuggling operation that they ran prior to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China.

From The Daily Beast

A spokesman for the ICC said it had received no information about a handover to Libyan authorities in Tripoli.

From The Daily Beast

The case has split the top leadership of the Communist party, and has cast a shadow over the handover.

From The Daily Beast

But Obama cut off the document handover by invoking executive privilege.

From The Daily Beast

Mrs Handover, by virtue of her sex, instinctively triumphed over him.

From Project Gutenberg

Thoroughly well-meaning, Mrs. Handover was the most incompetent of housewives.

From Project Gutenberg

On his reply that he thought of removing, Mrs. Handover fell into profound depression, and began to disclose her history.

From Project Gutenberg

When the revelation could be postponed no longer, he made known to Mrs Handover that he was about to be married.

From Project Gutenberg

I didn't think he was fool enough'—thus only he replied to Mrs. Handover's anxious questions.

From Project Gutenberg