transfer

(trăns-fûr', trăns'fər)

v., -ferred, -fer·ring, -fers.

v.tr.

1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
2. Law. To make over the possession or legal title of; convey.
3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.

v.intr.

1. To move oneself from one location or job to another.
2. To withdraw from one educational institution or course of study and enroll in another.
3. To change from one public conveyance to another: transferred to another bus.

n. (trăns'fər)

1. also trans·fer·al (trăns-fûr'əl) The conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another.
2. One who transfers or is transferred, as to a new school.
3. A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another.
4. 1. A ticket entitling a passenger to change from one public conveyance to another as part of one trip.
   2. A place where such a change is made.
5. also transferal Law. A conveyance of title or property from one person to another.

[Middle English transferren, from Old French transferer, from Latin trānsferre : trāns-, trans- + ferre, to carry.]

transferability trans·fer'a·bil'i·ty n.
transferable trans·fer'a·ble or trans·fer'ra·ble adj.
transferrer trans·fer'rer n.

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is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun, and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb. The verb has inflected forms transferred, transferring; the derivative words are transferable, transference, transferor, (used chiefly in legal contexts) and transferee (all with one r) but transferral (with two rs).

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To send data over a computer channel or bus. "Transfer" generally applies to transmission within the computer system, and "transmit" refers to transmission outside the computer over a line or network.

Transfers are actually copies, since the data are in both locations at the end of the transfer. Input, output and move instructions activate data transfers in the computer.

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1. Moving funds from one account to another, as from checking to savings.

2. Electronic payment from one bank to another through the Automated Clearing House system.

3. Large dollar payment from one bank to another through the Fed Wire or the Clearing House Interbank Payments System in New York.

4. Real estate Conveyance from buyer to seller that takes place at a mortgage closing.

5. Clause in a Letter of Credit allowing the Beneficiary to make the proceeds of the credit available to a third party (secondary beneficiary). The secondary beneficiary is obligated to present the draft to the advising or paying bank to receive payment.

6. Moving stocks, bonds, or other securities from one owner to another, and recording the change of ownership on registration papers.

7. Assumption of a mortgage by a new borrower.

The effect of one form of training on another. The transfer principle emphasizes that the positive effects of different types of training occur only when they share similar components and use the same muscles in the same way. For example, if you learn how to roller-skate, you will probably find it easier to learn ice-skating because the two activities are very alike. Similarly, if you train hard and become physically fit for roller-skating, you are likely to be fit to ice-skate. However, improvements gained from cycling are not so readily passed on to running. See also cross-training and specific training principle.

verb

1. To go or cause to go from one place to another: maneuver, move, remove, shift. See move/halt.
2. To change one's residence or place of business, for example: move, relocate, remove. See move/halt.
3. To relinquish to the possession or control of another: deliver, furnish, give, hand, hand over, provide, supply, turn over. See give/take/reciprocity.
4. To direct (a person) elsewhere for help or information: refer, send, turn over. See move/halt.
5. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document: cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. Law alien, alienate, assign, convey. See give/take/reciprocity, law.

noun

1. The act of delivering or the condition of being delivered: delivery, surrender. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. A making over of legal ownership or title: Law alienation, assignment, conveyance, grant, transferal. See law.

n

Definition: change of possession
Antonyms: hold, keeping

v

Definition: pass possession to
Antonyms: hold, keep

In pretensioning, the act of conveying the stress in the prestressing tendons from the jacks (or pretensioning bed) to the concrete member.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To remove or convey from one place or person to another. The removal of a case from one court to another court within the same system where it might have been instituted. An act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another.

Transfer encompasses the sale and every other method, direct or indirect, of (1) disposing of property or an interest therein or possession thereof; or (2) fixing a lien (a charge against property to secure a debt) absolutely or conditionally, voluntarily or involuntarily, with or without judicial proceedings, in the form of a conveyance, sale, payment, pledge, lien, mortgage, gift, or otherwise. The term transfer has a general meaning and can include the act of giving property by will.

Transfer is the comprehensive term used by the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) — a body of law adopted by the states that governs mercantile transactions — to describe the act that passes an interest in an instrument (a written legal document) from one person to another.

A tax-free, non-reportable movement of assets between retirement plans.

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Generally, transfers occur between similar types of plans: for instance, from a Roth IRA to a Roth IRA. There is no limit on the number of transfers that may occur between retirement plans, but a transfer must occur between the trustees/custodians of the retirement accounts. This means that the assets are made payable to the trustee/custodian, not to the retirement account holder.

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This essential concept for appreciating learning concerns the benefit of, or impairment from, what has been learned on later performance. When there is resulting improvement, transfer from the past experience is positive, when impairment, the transfer is negative. The same learned knowledge or components of skill may transfer to be helpful (positive) in some situations, but may impair (be negative transfer) in other situations, or for some other skills. Thus transfer from practising table tennis may impair one's ability to hit a tennis ball with the appropriate arm movements. To understand the concept, it is important to note that the neural mechanisms for positive and negative transfer are exactly the same: the only difference is whether what has transferred is useful or not.

Transfer tends to be thought of in general terms, rather than for particular items of knowledge. Thus the skill of learning Latin is generally supposed to transfer positively to the learning of other languages, although it may transfer negatively to differently constructed languages. A commonly experienced transfer problem occurs when driving in a different country, on the opposite side of the road from that to which one is used. Accidents from negative transfer are particularly likely to occur when starting off in the morning on the wrong side, and when faced with situations such as complicated crossings. It is remarkable that complete reversal of accustomed patterns of behaviour is not more difficult than it generally is.

Precisely what it is that transfers, and why it transfers, are far from understood, though these are essential questions for education. They are also extremely important in appreciating the difficulties a pilot may experience in transferring from one type of aircraft to another, and in designing flight simulators to give as much positive transfer in training, with as little negative transfer as possible. There may be features of a simulator (such as horizontal raster lines on a video screen) which allow 'flight' with cues that are not available in actual flying, and so may be dangerous.

It is interesting that perceptual abilities and skills can transfer from one part of the body to other parts. Thus, discrimination of two-point touch practised on the back of one hand (with a pair of dividers) can transfer to improved two-point discrimination on the corresponding region of the other hand. See also transfer of training.

(Published 1987)

— Richard L. Gregory

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sign description: Both F hands, with one in front of the other, make a switching motion with one over the top of the other.

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For a list of words related to transfer, see:

• Trucks and Buses - transfer: passenger or baggage carrier used between locations by transfer company
• Urban Structures and Phenomena - transfer: ticket that entitles passenger on public conveyance to continue journey on another line
• Commerce and Trade - transfer: ticket entitling bearer to change from one public vehicle to another at no additional charge
• Teachers and Students - transfer: student who has changed from one school to another; (vb) change schools

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See words rhyming with "transferrer."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Transferred.

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Common misspelling(s) of transferred

• transfered

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overføre, (om person) forflytte, forsætte, overflytte, (jur) overdrage, (regnskab) overføre, ompostere, henlægge, (om fodboldspiller) gå over (til ny klub)
v. intr. - skifte tog, skifte skole, skifte klub
n. - overføring, forflyttelse, overdragelse, transport, overførsel, ompostering, henlæggelse, overføringsbillede, omstigningsbillet

idioms:

• transfer fee    overføringsgebyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
verplaatsen, overmaken, overzetten, overdragen, overplaatsen, overladen, transfereren (sport), overschrijving, overstapkaartje, overplaatsing, overdrukplaatje, transfer (sport)

Français (French)
v. tr. - transférer, transmettre, transborder, rejeter
v. intr. - transférer, transmettre, transborder, rejeter
n. - transfert, cession, virement, transmission, mutation, renvoi, (GB, Art) décalcomanie, transfert (sur un T-shirt), (Cout) décalque, transfert (en car), (US, Rail) billet de correspondance, (Ling, Biol, Chim, Psych) transfert

idioms:

• transfer fee    (Sport) prix du transfert

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überweisung, Übertragung, Übergabe, Versetzung, Verlegung, Umsteigefahrschein, Abziehbild
v. - übertragen, übereignen, umladen, umsteigen, überweisen, versetzen, verlegen, umdrucken

idioms:

• transfer fee    Ablösesumme

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεταφορά, μετάθεση, μεταβίβαση (τίτλου κυριότητας), εκχώρηση, χαλκομανία, στάμπα, αντιγραφή, (υπηρεσιακή) μετακίνηση, απόσπαση, μετάθεση, (αθλοπ.) μεταγραφή (παίκτη), παίκτης εκ μεταγραφής
v. - μεταφέρω/-ομαι, μεταθέτω, μετατίθεμαι, μεταβιβάζω (τίτλο κυριότητας), αλλάζω, μεταγράφω

idioms:

• transfer fee    αμοιβή μεταγραφής (παίκτη)

Italiano (Italian)
trasferire, trasferimento, biglietto cumulativo

idioms:

• transfer fee    pagamento per trasferimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - transferência (f), trasladação (f), estorno (m), cessão de direitos (f)
v. - transportar, transmitir, ceder

idioms:

• transfer fee    custo de transferência

Русский (Russian)
перемещение, перенос, перевод (по службе), (тех.) переключение, перемещать, переносить, переводить

idioms:

• transfer fee    плата за перевоз/перенос чего л.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - transferir, traspasar, pasar, transbordar, trasladar, calcar, girar, remitir, exportar, cargar, descargar
v. intr. - transbordar, trasladarse, transferirse
n. - transferencia, billete de correspondencia, transmisión, traspaso, traslado, trasbordo, cesión, calco, reporte

idioms:

• transfer fee    pago por el traspaso (de jugadores)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flyttning, förflyttning, överflyttning, omplacering, transfer
v. - flytta, förflytta, överflytta, överföra, transferera, girera, övergå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
转移, 调任, 调转, 换车, 转学, 迁移, 传递, 移动

idioms:

• transfer fee    为获取职业足球运动员而付的球员转让费

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 轉移, 調任, 調轉
v. intr. - 轉移, 換車, 轉學
n. - 遷移, 傳遞, 移動

idioms:

• transfer fee    為獲取職業足球運動員而付的球員轉讓費

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 옮기다, 양도하다, 전승하다
v. intr. - 옮아가다, 갈아타다, 이적하다
n. - 이동, 양도하다, 갈아 타기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 移動, 移転, 移るもの, 転任者, 転写図, 写し絵, 乗り換え切符, 乗り換え場所, 乗り換え, 譲渡
v. - 移す, 移る, 乗り換えさせる, 乗り換える, 譲る, 写す, 譲渡する

idioms:

• transfer fee    移籍料

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقطه تحول أو مركز تحويل (فعل) يحول, ينقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העביר, מסר, שינה משמעות מילה‬
v. intr. - ‮עבר‬
n. - ‮העברה, מסירה, כרטיס-מעבר, שטר-העברה, דוגמה מועתקת, שחקן-כדורגל מועמד להעברה‬

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