transfer

verb

• 1move from one place to another: [with object]:he would have to transfer money to his own account [no object]:I went to sleep on the couch before transferring to my bedroom later in the night
• move to another group, occupation, or service: [no object]:she transferred to the Physics Department [with object]:employees have been transferred to the installation team
• [no object] enroll in a different school or college:Ron transferred to the University of Idaho
• (in professional sports) move or cause to move to another team: [no object]:he transferred to the Dodgers [with object]:when a player is transferred to the minors by a major league club
• redirect (a telephone call) to another line or extension.
• [with object] copy (a drawing or design) from one surface to another.
• [with object] copy (data, music, etc.) from one medium or device to another:you can easily transfer your personal data to another PC using the export feature

• 2 [no object] change to another place, route, or means of transportation during a journey:John advised him to transfer from Rome airport to the railroad station

• 3 [with object] make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to someone else.

• 4 [with object] (usually as adjective transferred) change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor:a transferred use of the Old English noun

noun

• 1an act of moving something or someone to another place:a transfer of wealth to the poorer nations she was going to ask her boss for a transfer to the city a patient had died after transfer from the County Hospital to St. Peter’s
• British an act of selling or moving an athlete to another team:his transfer from Rangers cost £800,000
• a student who has enrolled in a different school or college.
• a conveyance of property, especially stocks, from one person to another.
• the action of copying data from one medium or device to another.

• 2a small colored picture or design on paper that can be transferred to another surface by being pressed or heated:T-shirts with iron-on transfers

• 3an act of changing to another place, route, or means of transportation during a journey:it took three hours and several bus transfers to get there
• North American a ticket allowing a passenger to change from one public transportation vehicle to another as part of a single journey.