transfer

[verb trans-fur, trans-fer; noun, adjective trans-fer]

verb (used with object), trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring.

to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.

to cause to pass from one person to another, as thought, qualities, or power; transmit.

Law. to make over the possession or control of: to transfer a title to land.

to imprint, impress, or otherwise convey (a drawing, design, pattern, etc.) from one surface to another.

verb (used without object), trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring.

to remove oneself from one place to another: to transfer from the New York office to London.

to withdraw from one school, college, or the like, and enter another: I transferred from Rutgers to Tulane.

to be moved from one place to another: to transfer to overseas duty.

to change by means of a transfer from one bus, train, or the like, to another.

noun

a means or system of transferring.

an act of transferring.

the fact of being transferred.

a point or place for transferring.

a ticket entitling a passenger to continue a journey on another bus, train, or the like.

a drawing, design, pattern, or the like, that is or may be transferred from one surface to another, usually by direct contact.

a person who changes or is changed from one college, military unit, business department, etc., to another.

Law. a conveyance, by sale, gift, or otherwise, of real or personal property, to another.

Finance. the act of having the ownership of a stock or registered bond transferred.

Also called transfer of training. Psychology. the positive or negative influence of prior learning on subsequent learning.Compare generalization(def 4).

Also called language transfer. Linguistics. the application of native-language rules in attempted performance in a second language, in some cases resulting in deviations from target-language norms and in other cases facilitating second-language acquisition.

adjective

of, relating to, or involving transfer payments.

Origin of transfer

1350–1400; Middle English transferren (v.) < Latin trānsferre, equivalent to trāns- trans- + ferre to bear¹, carry

Related formstrans·fer·a·ble, trans·fer·ra·ble, adjectivetrans·fer·a·bil·i·ty, nountrans·fer·rer, nounnon·trans·fer·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·trans·fer·a·ble, adjectivere·trans·fer, verb (used with object), re·trans·ferred, re·trans·fer·ring.re·trans·fer, nounun·trans·fer·a·ble, adjectiveun·trans·ferred, adjectiveun·trans·fer·ring, adjective

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Examples from the Web for transferrable

Historical Examples of transferrable

These tickets are not transferrable, and will admit the owner at all times to the Exhibition.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.--April, 1851--Vol. II.
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British Dictionary definitions for transferrable

transfer

verb (trænsˈfɜː) -fers, -ferring or -ferred

to change or go or cause to change or go from one thing, person, or point to anotherthey transferred from the Park Hotel to the Imperial; she transferred her affections to her dog

to change (buses, trains, etc)

law to make over (property, etc) to another; convey

to displace (a drawing, design, etc) from one surface to another

(of a football player, esp a professional) to change clubs or (of a club, manager, etc) to sell or release (a player) to another club

to leave one school, college, etc, and enrol at another

to change (the meaning of a word, etc), esp by metaphorical extension

noun (ˈtrænsfɜː)

the act, process, or system of transferring, or the state of being transferred

a person or thing that transfers or is transferred
(as modifier)a transfer student

a design or drawing that is transferred from one surface to another, as by ironing a printed design onto cloth

law the passing of title to property or other right from one person to another by act of the parties or by operation of law; conveyance

finance

the act of transferring the title of ownership to shares or registered bonds in the books of the issuing enterprise
(as modifier)transfer deed; transfer form

any document or form effecting or regulating a transfer

mainly US and Canadian a ticket that allows a passenger to change routes

Derived Formstransferable or transferrable, adjectivetransferability, noun

Word Origin for transfer

C14: from Latin transferre, from trans- + ferre to carry

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Word Origin and History for transferrable

transfer

late 14c., from Latin transferre "bear across, carry over, transfer, translate," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer). Related: Transferred; transferring.

transfer

1670s, from transfer (v.).

transferrable in Medicine

transfer

[trăns′fər]

n.

The conveyance or removal of something from one place to another.

A condition in which learning in one situation influences learning in another situation. It may be positive, as when learning one behavior facilitates the learning of something else, or negative, as when one habit interferes with the acquisition of a later one.

Related formstrans•fer′ (trăns-fûr′, trăns′fər) v.