transfer

trans|fer1 [ træns`fɜr, `trænsfər ] verb ***

▸ 1 move to somewhere else

▸ 2 give to someone/something else

▸ 3 change phone line for

▸ 4 make new owner of

▸ 5 copy to somewhere else

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive or transitive to move from one job, office, or department to another in the same company or organization:

transfer to: I'm transferring to our Japan office next year.

transfer someone from something to something: Helen was transferred from marketing to sales.

a ) intransitive to stop studying at one school or university and go to another:

transfer to: I want to transfer to Columbia in the fall.

b ) transitive to move something or someone from one place to another:

transfer something to something: Wait until the cookies cool before transferring them to a plate.

Our tour group was transferred to the hotel by bus.

c ) transitive to move money from one account or bank to another:

I need to transfer $1,000 to my daughter's account.

d ) intransitive or transitive to move from one bus, vehicle, airplane, or boat to another as part of a longer trip:

We're being transferred to another airplane in Chicago.

e ) transitive BRITISH to sell a professional sports player to another team

2. ) transitive to stop giving your time or support to one person or thing and give it to another:

The time came to transfer their attention from study to practical life.

3. ) transitive to let someone speak to another person by changing telephone lines for them:

Please hold the line while I transfer you.

4. ) transitive LEGAL to officially arrange for someone else to become the owner of something:

They are transferring the deed to the new owner.

5. ) transitive to copy information or images from one place or object to another:

I want you to transfer the client files onto a disk.

transfer power/authority/responsibility

to officially arrange for someone else to be in charge of something:

We have transferred all of the administrative responsibilities to our central office.

transfer

trans|fer 2 [ `trænsfər ] noun ***

1. ) count or uncount the process of moving, or moving someone, from one job, department, or office to another in the same organization:

We're currently dealing with the paperwork for your transfer.

a ) count or uncount the act of moving or being moved from one place to another:

transfer of: Who is responsible for the transfer of military supplies?

b ) count a person such as a football player who has been moved from one team to another

2. ) count AMERICAN a ticket that allows you to move from one bus or train to another without having to pay again

3. ) count a piece of paper with a design or picture that you print on another surface using heat and pressure

a transfer of power/authority

a process in which you officially arrange for someone else to be in charge of something