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• wire transfer
  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-transfer
  wire-transfer

  verb (used with object)

  to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.

wire transfer

¹ American  

noun

• wire transfers
  plural

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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Noun Inflected Forms

• wire transfers
  plural

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The IRS does not care much whether you send the money to your son via Zelle, Venmo, wire transfer between your banks or carrier pigeon, as long as you account for it accurately and honestly.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

For example, a few weeks after traders made nearly $90,000 in profits on his insider tip about an Amazon acquisition in 2020, Nourafchan received a $9,765 wire transfer, the court papers show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

In searching Herrling’s bank records, Lyndon Versoza, a postal inspector working the case, found a wire transfer in September 2021 from the sale of Tascon’s Encino home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

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 ● Sep. 13, 2024

Contact us if you want to arrange for a wire transfer or payment method other than by check or money order.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Mitzi Perdue

Now a group of immigrants who say their remittances to family abroad were caught up in that massive warrantless dragnet is suing the government and the wire-transfer behemoth Western Union, which provided money transfer records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022

In late February, the group started getting hundreds of emails a day asking how to give, about wire-transfer information, and other questions — far more than one person could handle.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

The common internet come-on of foreign dignitaries offering wire-transfer riches in exchange for a little banking help echoes a 19th-century scam recalled in Byrnes’s book:

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2018

One safe harbor might protect a bank as long as it checks all wire-transfer information against relevant governmental and U.N. watch lists of criminals and suspected terrorists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2015

The industry also recently faced a spate of incidents in which imposters posing as customers called brokerages to give wire-transfer instructions.

From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2013

The indictment alleges that on March 12, 2020, Maund wire-transferred $150,000 from his bank account to an account controlled by Peled.

From Fox News ● Dec. 14, 2021

The U.K. firm, Madoff Securities International Ltd., wire-transferred about $200,000 to Gaydon, England-based Aston Martin to buy the car for Peter Madoff, they said in court documents filed in 2009.

From BusinessWeek ● Jun. 15, 2011