transfer

verb trans'fə: trα:ns-, -nz- (transfers, transferring, transferred)

1》 move from one place to another.

2》 move to another department, occupation, team, etc.

    ↘redirect (a telephone call) to a new line or extension.

3》 change to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey.

4》 make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another.

5》 [usu. as adjective transferred] change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor.

noun 'transfə:, 'trα:ns-, -nz-

1》 an act of transferring.

2》 Brit. a small coloured picture or design on paper, which can be transferred to another surface by being pressed or heated.

3》 N. Amer. a ticket allowing a passenger to change from one public transport vehicle to another as part of a single journey.

Derivatives

transferability noun

transferable adjective

transferee noun

transferor noun (chiefly Law).

transferral noun

transferrer noun

Origin

ME: from Fr. transférer or L. transferre, from trans- 'across' + ferre 'to bear'.