transfer

trans|fer¹ W2 [trænsˈfə: US -ˈfə:r] v past tense and past participle transferred present participle transferring

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1¦(move to different place etc)¦

2¦(put something in different place)¦

3¦(sports person)¦

4¦(money)¦

5 transfer your affections/loyalty/allegiance etc

6¦(skill/idea/quality)¦

7 transfer power/responsibility/control (to somebody)

8¦(phone)¦

9¦(property)¦

10¦(travel)¦

11¦(information/music)¦

12¦(disease)¦

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[Date: 1300-1400; : Latin; Origin: transferre, from ferre 'to carry']

1.) ¦(MOVE TO DIFFERENT PLACE ETC)¦ [I and T]

to move from one place, school, job etc to another, or to make someone do this, especially within the same organization

transfer (from sth) to sth

▪ Swod transferred from MI6 to the Security Service.

transfer sb (from sth) to sth

▪ They're transferring him to a special unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

▪ You'll be transferred to the Birmingham office.

2.) ¦(PUT SOMETHING IN DIFFERENT PLACE)¦ [I and T] formal

to move from one place to another, or to move something from one place to another

transfer (from sth) to sth

▪ The exhibition transfers to York City Art Gallery on 23rd January.

transfer sth (from sth) to sth

▪ Transfer the meat to warm plates.

3.) ¦(SPORTS PERSON)¦ [T]

to sell a sports player to another team

▪ He was tranferred for a fee of £8 million.

4.) ¦(MONEY)¦ [T]

to move money from one account or institution to another

transfer sth (from sth) to sth

▪ I'd like to transfer $500 to my checking account.

5.) transfer your affections/loyalty/allegiance etc

to change from loving or supporting one person to loving or supporting a different one

6.) ¦(SKILL/IDEA/QUALITY)¦ [I and T]

if a skill, idea, or quality transfers from one situation to another, or if you transfer it, it can be used in the new situation

▪ Ideas that work well in one school often don't transfer well to another.

7.) transfer power/responsibility/control (to sb)

to officially give power etc to another person or organization

▪ The ageing president is preparing to transfer power to his son.

8.) ¦(PHONE)¦ [T]

to connect the call of someone who has telephoned you to someone else's telephone so that that person can speak to them

▪ Hold on one moment while I transfer your call.

9.) ¦(PROPERTY)¦ [T]

law to officially give property or land to someone else

10.)¦(TRAVEL)¦ [I and T]

to change from one bus, plane etc to another while you are travelling, or arrange for someone to do this

▪ You will be met on arrival at the airport and transferred to your hotel.

11.) ¦(INFORMATION/MUSIC)¦ [T]

to copy recorded information, music etc from one system to another

▪ Transfer the files onto floppy disk.

12.) ¦(DISEASE)¦ [T]

if a disease is transferred from one person or animal to another, the second person or animal begins to have the disease

transfer sth (from sb/sth) to sb/sth

▪ It is unlikely that the disease will be transferred from animals to humans.

>transferable adj

▪ transferable skills

>transferability [trænsˌfə:rəˈbılıti] n [U]

transfer ²

trans|fer² W2 [ˈtrænsfə: US -fə:r] n

1.)

a) [U and C]

the process by which someone or something moves or is moved from one place, job etc to another

transfer of

▪ the transfer of assets within a group of companies

transfer to

▪ Penny's applied for a transfer to head office.

▪ electronic data transfer

b)

someone or something that has been moved in this way

2.) transfer of power

a process by which the control of a country is taken from one person or group and given to another

▪ the transfer of power to a civilian government

3.)

the act of changing from one bus, aircraft etc to another while travelling

▪ Getting there often means a couple of transfers on a bus line.

4.) especially BrE a drawing, pattern etc that can be stuck or printed onto a surface

American Equivalent: decal

5.) especially AmE a ticket that allows a passenger to change from one bus, train etc to another without paying more money