transfer

Noun

• transferring ownership

• application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

• a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

• the act of transfering something from one form to another
  • the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise
    

• someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
  • the best student was a transfer from LSU
    

• the act of moving something from one location to another

Verb

• transfer from one place or period to another
  • The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
    

• shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
  • He removed his children to the countryside
    
  • Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city
    
  • remove a case to another court
    

• send from one person or place to another
  • transmit a message
    

• change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
  • She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast
    

• cause to change ownership
  • I transferred my stock holdings to my children
    

• move around
  • transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket
    

• lift and reset in another soil or situation
  • Transplant the young rice plants
    

• move from one place to another
  • transfer the data
    
  • transmit the news
    
  • transfer the patient to another hospital
    

• transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  transference , transfer of training , carry-over , transferee , transportation , transport , transferral , conveyance , transpose , transplant , remove , transmit , channel , channelize , channelise , change , shift , reassign