transfer (trans|fer)

verb

• 1move from one place to another: [with object]: he intends to transfer the fund’s assets to the Treasury [no object]: I went to sleep on the couch before transferring to my bedroom later in the night
• move to another department, occupation, etc.: [no object]: she transferred to the Physics Department [with object]: employees have been transferred to the installation team
• (in football and other sports) move to another team: [no object]: he transferred to the Brooklyn Dodgers [with object]: he was transferred to Arsenal for £750,000
• [with object] redirect (a telephone call) to a new line or extension.
• [with object] copy (a drawing or design) from one surface to another: drawings can be transferred to the artwork by rubbing them off the sheet
• [with object] copy (data, music, etc.) from one medium or device to another: the new product lets users transfer data from palmtop to desktop with a click of the mouse

• 2 [no object] change to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey: passengers have to transfer at Heathrow for onward international flights

• 3 [with object] make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another: we will transfer full planning responsibility to local authorities

• 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, organization, team, etc.: a transfer of wealth to the EU’s poorer nations she asked her boss for a transfer to the city [mass noun]: a patient had died after transfer from the County Hospital to St Peter’s
• a conveyance of property, especially stocks and shares, from one person to another: the transfer of assets from wealthy individuals to family members
• [mass noun] the action of copying data from one medium or device to another: data transfer between different manufacturers' drives

• 2British a small coloured picture or design on paper, which 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 transport during a journey: bus transfers between the airport and the city centre cost about £11
• North American a ticket allowing a passenger to change from one public transport vehicle to another as part of a single journey: you get a transfer, you have to get that train