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transferral

British  
/ ˌtrænsˈfɛrəl /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of transferring or being transferred

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 1901, when his body was exhumed for transferral back to Spain, the skull was missing.

From The Guardian Sep. 26, 2015

Perhaps the fact that it exists beyond language is why the emotion is so pure and the transferral of it so complete.

From The Guardian Sep. 2, 2015

“My transferral ... would provoke profound loss and discouragement in those who believed it was possible to clean up many situations of corruption and prevarication,” he wrote.

From Newsweek Jul. 9, 2012

The long-feared first step toward peaceful transferral of power was at hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

A law passed in 1905 secures tenure of office to civil servants of fifteen years’ standing, and some restrictions have been placed on the dismissal and transferral of schoolmasters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

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