wire transfer
noun
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.
wire transfers
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pluralof wire transfer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The FBI found that Bayoumi's contacts had helped Hazmi and Mihdhar obtain California driver's licences, apply to flight schools, receive Middle Eastern wire transfers, and even arrange dental treatment.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Ashley Wright, a 31-year-old blockchain consultant and crypto investor in Toronto, started using stablecoins to send money to family in Jamaica because she said it was faster and cheaper than wire transfers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
But the scheme began to fall apart when employees of those operations returned some of the wire transfers and began to raise concerns about possible fraud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
The emails also show that Mandelson, long an influential figure on the British left, had received $75,000 in wire transfers from Epstein years earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
One of the wire transfers in Puglisi’s account traced back to The New Jersey Clarion.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
