wire transfer

¹ American  

noun

1. an order transmitted by telephone, telegraph, or electronically from one bank to another to pay or credit money to a payee designated by a payer.

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wire-transfer ² American  

[wahyuhr-trans-fur, -trans-fer] / ˈwaɪər trænsˈfɜr, -ˈtræns fər /

verb (used with object)

wire-transferred, wire-transferring

1. to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.

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Example Sentences

If the buyer of your grandmother’s classic car does not wish to do a direct wire transfer, find another buyer who does.

From MarketWatch

It is possible to reverse a wire transfer if customers inform their banks quickly, before the transaction has been completed, according to lawyers and experts.

From Salon

Cui and Miller allegedly paid about $10,000 as a deposit for the cryptographic device through a courier in the U.S. and wire transfer to a U.S. bank account, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

Those funds included a payment of $7,000 to Goldstein’s personal divorce lawyer and a $3,000 wire transfer to a close relative of Goldstein.

From Salon

Earlier in the day, prosecutors showed the record of a wire transfer of $130,000 that Cohen made to an account controlled by Mr Davidson.

From BBC