transferableadj.
/trɑːnsˈfəːrəbl/, /transˈfəːrəbl/, /ˈtrɑːnsfərəbl/, /ˈtransfərəbl/, U.S. /træn(t)sˈfərəb(ə)l/, /ˈtræn(t)sfərəb(ə)l/ Capable of being transferred or legally made over to another; spec. of bills, drafts, cheques, etc.: assignable in the course of business from one person to another; negotiable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transferred > able to be
movablea1325
moblec1390
running1459
remevablec1460
removablec1470
cursory1606
transferable1646
transplantable1656
transferrable1660
itinerant1690
society > law > transfer of property > [adjective] > transferable
alienable1604
demisable1661
transferrable1714
assignable1809
transferable1874
conveyable1875
society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [adjective] > negotiable
transferrable1714
transferable1874
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. iii. 286 If we..fall upon consideration with what incongruity they are transferable unto others. View more context for this quotation
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 149. ⁋8 Take him in whom what you like is not transferable to another.
1874 Act 37 & 38 Vict. c. 3 §5 The debentures..shall be transferable by the delivery of such debentures.
Compounds
transferable vote n. (in systems of proportional representation) a vote that is transferred to a second or further competing candidate if the candidate for whom it is first cast is eliminated in one of the succession of counts or has more votes than are needed for election; esp. as single transferable vote (abbreviated S.T.V. n. at S n.1 Initialisms 1).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > systems of voting > types of vote
electoral vote1673
transferable vote1885
list vote1911
1885 W. E. Smith Fair Representation vi. 32 (heading) The single transferable vote.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 2/1 The adoption of the single transferable vote system of proportional representation.
1954 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties ii. iii. 358 We must distinguish between the result of proportional representation and the consequences of list-voting, which generally coincides with it (except in the transferable Irish vote).
1972 Guardian 19 June 10/4 Mr Whitelaw's reintroduction of the single transferable vote in Ulster local government is likely to please minority groups.
Derivatives
ˌtransferaˈbility n. the quality of being transferable.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > ability to be transferred
transferability1776
alienability1780
assignability1884
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > other aspects of money dealing
intromission1567
bargain and sale1602
transferability1776
exchange control1931
ratissage1957
fix1965
money laundering1974
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. iii. 66 Its easy and safe transferability, its use in paying foreign bills of exchange.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 431 The complete transferability of obligations was unknown to jurisprudence.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 25 May 390/1 We shall [in political economy] regard transferability as meaning exchangeability.
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adj.1646