transfertrans‧fer1 /trænsˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb (past tense and past participle transferred, present participle transferring) 
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Swod transferred from MI6 to the Security Service.transfer somebody (from something) to something They’re transferring him to a special unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital. You’ll be transferred to the Birmingham office.2put something in different place [intransitive, transitive] formal to move from one place to another, or to move something from one place to anothertransfer (from something) to something The exhibition transfers to York City Art Gallery on 23rd January.transfer something (from something) to something Transfer the meat to warm plates.3sports person [transitive] to sell a sports player to another team: He was transferred for a fee of £8 million.4money [transitive] to move money from one account or institution to anothertransfer something (from something) to something I’d like to transfer $500 to my checking account.5transfer your affections/loyalty/allegiance etc to change from loving or supporting one person to loving or supporting a different one6skill/idea/quality [intransitive, transitive] 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.7transfer power/responsibility/control (to somebody) to officially give power etc to another person or organization: The ageing president is preparing to transfer power to his son.8phone [transitive] 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.9property [transitive] law to officially give property or land to someone else10travel [intransitive, transitive] 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.11information/music [transitive] to copy recorded information, music etc from one system to another: Transfer the files onto a memory stick.12disease [transitive] if a disease is transferred from one person or animal to another, the second person or animal begins to have the disease SYN passtransfer something (from somebody/something) to somebody/something It is unlikely that the disease will be transferred from animals to humans.—transferable adjective: transferable skills—transferability /trænsˌfɜːrəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
Entry menuMENU FOR transfertransfer1 move to different place etc2 put something in different place3 sports person4 money5 transfer your affections/loyalty/allegiance etc6 skill/idea/quality7 transfer power/responsibility/control (to somebody)8 phone9 property10 travel11 information/music12 disease
Word OriginWORD ORIGINtransfer1
Verb TableOrigin:
1300-1400 Latin transferre, from ferre ‘to carry’VERB TABLE
transfer
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | transfer |
| he, she, it | transfers | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | transferred |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have transferred |
| he, she, it | has transferred | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had transferred |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will transfer |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have transferred |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am transferring |
| he, she, it | is transferring | |
| you, we, they | are transferring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was transferring |
| you, we, they | were transferring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been transferring |
| he, she, it | has been transferring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been transferring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be transferring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been transferring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Transfer the mixture to a heavy cooking pan and add all remaining ingredients.
- Could I transfer $500 from my savings to my checking account?
- Davidson transferred to another department last October.
- Fed up with the disastrous performances of the team he'd been watching for years, he transferred his support to their rivals.
- Harding has been transferred to Albany prison, where he will complete his sentence.
- I must have lost my luggage when we transferred.
- I need to transfer some money from my savings account to my checking account.
- Ideas that work in one school often don't transfer well to another.
- If you take the bus, you'll have to transfer twice.
- In 1923 the ownership of the forest was transferred to a rich Dutch family.
- One option would be to transfer Struthers from London to New York.
- The assets were transferred into his wife's name.
- The design is transferred to the loom and woven into the carpet.
- The generals are transferring their allegiance to their new leader.
- The military government is refusing to transfer power to a democratically elected civilian government.
- The train broke down so we transferred to a bus.
- Gently jog forwards and backwards, transferring your weight from one leg to the other.
- Katya braced herself and transferred her being over the fibre-optic cable.
- Like all the tunnelling company commanders, he was a regular engineer who had been transferred.
- Or a trade may be used not to do new business, but to transfer a credit balance between accounts.
- Sometimes the contract provides that ownership will be transferred at some later date.
- The fly transferred itself from Marian's hand to Allen's forehead but it did not disturb him and he slept.
- These are transferred to Division B, which assembles the finished product and sells it to the public.
Longman Language Activatorto change from one vehicle to another during a journey► change
Collocations to get out of one train, bus, or plane and get into another in order to complete your journey: · Is this a direct flight or do we have to change?· Passengers for York change at Leeds.change trains/planes/buses etc: · We stopped at Los Angeles, just to change planes.
► transfer to change from one vehicle to another, as part of a journey, especially when all the other people in the vehicle do the same: · I must have lost my luggage when we transferred.transfer from/to: · The train broke down so we transferred to a bus.
to change what you do or use► change to change from one thing to another so that you have something different from what you had before: · They've changed their phone number.· We had to change the tyre because we had a flat.change to: · Japanese industry is changing to alternative marketing techniques.change from something to something: · We've changed from traditional ways of working to an automated system.change jobs/cars etc (=move from one to another): · Women have to be ambitious and willing to change jobs frequently if they want to get to the top of their profession.change direction/course (=start moving in a new direction): · I tried to follow him but he kept changing direction.change channels (=change from one programme on television to another): · If you don't like the programme you can always change channels.
► switch to change, especially suddenly, from one thing to another: switch to: · I used to play golf but I switched to tennis to get more exercise.· It took a long time for Americans to switch to smaller cars.switch from something to something: · He switched easily and fluently from speaking English to French to German.
► move to change, especially gradually, from one thing to another: move from: · The book follows the life of Ann Pollock, as she moves from the optimism of young love, through the disastrous years of World War II. move from something to something: · The bank has moved from private client work to banking for large corporations.move away from something: · Many socialists were moving away from faith in revolution towards a fight for reform.
► transfer: transfer your affection/allegiance/support etc to change from loving or supporting one person, group etc to loving or supporting another: transfer to: · The generals are transferring their allegiance to their new leader.· Fed up with the disastrous performances of the team he'd been watching for years, he transferred his support to their rivals.
► go over to to change from one system to a new one, especially a more modern one: · Britain went over to decimal currency in 1971.· The factory is going over to computerised machinery and many workers are losing their jobs.
► convert to to change to a different religion: · In 1976 he converted to Islam.· Large numbers of people are converting to Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism.
to officially give control of something to someone else► hand over: hand over something (to somebody) · In 1997 the sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to China.· It was only after many legal battles that he agreed to hand over the farm.hand something over (to somebody) · She was forced to hand executive control over to the new board.
► transfer: transfer power/responsibility/control etc to officially give it to another person, organization, or country: transfer something to somebody: · The military government is refusing to transfer power to a democratically elected civilian government.· In 1923 the ownership of the forest was transferred to a rich Dutch family.
► make over to officially give something such as money or property by signing a legal document, so that it then belongs to someone else: make over something to somebody: · Before he died he made over the family business to his daughter.make something over to somebody: · Elderly people sometimes unknowingly make huge sums of money over to unscrupulous business advisers.
to move something from one place or position to another► move to take something to a different place or change the position of something: · Will you move your car, please? It's blocking the road.· It took three men to move the piano.move something to/into something: · We'll have to move the table into the hall.
► transfer to move something and put it in a different place or container: · Transfer the mixture to a heavy cooking pan and add all remaining ingredients.transfer something (from something) to something: · Could I transfer $500 from my savings to my checking account?
► shift British informal to move something from where it is: · When are you going to shift all this rubbish? It's making the place look a real mess.· Come on Des, give me a hand to shift these and then we can go home.
► swing to move something quickly through the air with a long circular movement: · She swung the ax, hitting the log squarely in the middle.swing something back/over/across etc: · As you swing the golf club back, try to keep your eye on the ball.
► jerk to move something with a short, very sudden movement: jerk something away/towards/up etc: · Mark jerked the phone away from the girl.· Graham had to jerk the steering wheel to the left to avoid a crash.
to move a company or its people to another place► move: move somebody (from something) to something · The Education Department is considering moving 500 full-time staff to Runcorn.move something (from something) to something · The company says it will move its distribution center to Chicago early next year.
► transfer to move someone from one place to another, especially to another job, department, or office within the same organization: transfer to: · Davidson transferred to another department last October.transfer somebody (from something) to something: · One option would be to transfer Struthers from London to New York.· Harding has been transferred to Albany prison, where he will complete his sentence.
► relocate to permanently move part or all of a company to another place, especially when this brings financial advantages: · If rents continue to rise, many local businesses may decide to relocate.relocate to/in: · The federal government is offering attractive tax breaks to corporations that relocate in areas of high unemployment.relocate something to/in something: · We're relocating our educational software division to North Carolina.
► shunt informal to move someone from one job to another, especially a less important one: shunt somebody from/to/into something: · I'm sick of being shunted from one department to another.· The company's solution to dealing with incompetent staff seems to be to shunt them into clerical jobs.
WORD SETS► Financeabove the line, adjectiveabsorption rate, acceptance sampling, accountant, nounaccount balance, accounting, nounaccounting rate of return, accrued cost, accrued income, accumulation unit, acid ratio, actual price, A/D, adjustable peg, nounADR, nounadvancer, nounAER, aftermarket, nounAGI, aging schedule, agio, nounAICPA, allottee, nounallowable, adjectivealternative investment, amortizable, adjectiveannual earnings, annual income, annual value, annuity, nounappraiser, nounappropriate, verbappropriation, nounappropriation account, arb, nounas at, prepositionas of, prepositionasset, nounasset backing, asset shuffling, nounasset stripping, nounasset-stripping, verbasset turnover, asset value per share, Association for Payment Clearing Services, nounassured value, at best, adverbat call, adverbaudit, verbauditor, nounauditor's report, auto-financing, adjectiveaverage stock, backdate, verbbackup withholding, nounbackwardation, nounbad debt recovery, bail-out, nounbalanced fund, balance sheet, nounBaltic Exchange, nounbankroll, nounbase rate, nounbasis point, bed-and-breakfasting, nounbellwether, nounbelow the line, adjectivebeneficial owner, best efforts, adjectivebeta coefficient, nounbid and asked, adjectivebill rate, Black Friday, nounBlack Thursday, nounBlack Tuesday, nounBlack Wednesday, nounblank transfer, bond, nounbond fund, bond premium, bookbuilding, nounbook debt, book entry, book-keeper, nounbook-keeping, nounbottom fisher, nounbought deal, bourse, nounbreakeven, nounbreak-up value, buildings and contents insurance, buoy, verbbuoyancy, nounbuoyant, adjectivebusiness angel, nounbusiness entity, business manager, buyback, nounbuy-in, nounbuying power, buying price, buy limit order, buy order, buyout, nouncabinet bid, callable, adjectivecallable fixture, nouncap and collar, nouncapital appreciation, capital asset pricing model, capital charge, capital dilution, nouncapital equipment, capital flow, nouncapital gain, capital invested, nouncapitalization of reserves, nouncapitalize, verbcapitalized, adjectivecapital movement, nouncapital outlay, capital rationing, nouncapital stock, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer, capital value, CAR, carried down, adjectivecarried forward, adjectivecarried over, adjectivecarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncarrying charge, carry-over, nouncash account, cash at bank, nouncash basis, nouncashbook, nouncash column, cash equivalent, cash flow, nouncashless, adjectivecash management, cash price, CBOT, c/d, certificate of deposit, nouncertificate of occupancy, nouncertified public accountant, nounCFO, chain of title, nounChapter 7, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nounchartist, nounchattels real, nounChicago Board Options Exchange, nounChicago Mercantile Exchange, nounChinese wall, nounchurning, nounCISCO, nounclawback, nounclean opinion, nounclearer, nounclearing agent, nounclosed-end, adjectiveclosely held, adjectiveCMA, CME, COGS, collection ratio, Comex, nouncomfort letter, commercial agent, common ownership, company doctor, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncomparables, nouncomparable-store sales, compensate, verbcompensating error, completion date, compound, verbcompound annual rate of return, nouncompound interest, nouncomptroller, nounComptroller and Auditor General, nounComptroller General, nounComptroller of the Currency, nouncompulsory purchase order, concert party, nounconsistency concept, nounconsolidated accounts, consolidator, nounConsols, nouncontango, nouncontinuous inventory, contra account, contra-asset account, contract note, controller, nouncontrol period, conversion premium, cooling-off period, nounco-operative society, corporate investment, cost, verbcost of goods sold, nouncounting-house, nouncoupon sheet, nounCPA, nounCPI, cramdown, nouncredit, nouncredit, verbcredit card payment, credit facility, creditor turnover rate, nouncredit quality, credit repair, credit standing, credit status, creeping control, CREST, nouncurrency pair, nouncurrency peg, nounDaily Official List, nounday book, nounday order, dead cat bounce, death futures, debt capital, debt ratio, decliner, noundeed of conveyance, noundeferred credits, noundeferred income, deferred share, degearing, noundeleverage, noundelinquent tax certificate, delivery date, demand note, dematerialize, verbdemonetize, verbdemutualize, verbdenominated, adjectivedeposit certificate, depository institution, deposit protection fund, noundepreciable life, depreciation account, deprival value, derivative lease, direct exchange, direct investment, direct labour, directors register, discount brokerage, discount loan, discretionary account, discretionary order, discretionary spending, diversifieds, noundivestment, nounDJIA, dollar-cost averaging, noundollars-and-cents, adjectivedomestic investment, double declining balance, double-witching, noundown payment, noundowntick, nounDPS, drawdown, noundrawing account, dual capacity, noundual listing, due, adjectivedue diligence, earn, verbEasdaq, nouneconomic, adjectiveeffective rate, emissions unit, encash, verbequity, nounequity investment, ERM, nounerror of commission, nounerror of omission, nounerror of posting, nounerror of principle, nounethical investment, Euribor, nounEuro.NM, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, exceptionals, nounexchange arbitrage, exchange of contracts, nounex gratia, adjectiveexpense ratio, expiration date, face amount, factor cost, factoring, nounfailure, nounfair value, fand, nounFederal funds, fee absolute, nounfigure, nounfinal accounts, final distribution, finance charge, Financial Accounting Standards Board, nounfinancial investment, financials, nounfinancial services, financial supermarket, financial year, nounfinancier, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-quarter, adjectivefixed assets, nounfixed costs, nounfixed-income investment, fixed investment, fixtures and fittings, nounfloater, nounflood insurance, flowback, nounflow of funds, nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, nominal price, nominal value, non-payment, nounnon-recurring, adjectivenote issuance facility, NPV, NTA, number-cruncher, nounOEIC, offer for sale, nounoff-market, adjectiveon demand, adverbopen interest, nounopen-market, adjectiveopen outcry, nounoperating income, option, nounoption premium, option pricing model, options contract, order-driven, adjectiveorigination, nounoutflow, nounoutturn, nounoutward investment, overallotment, nounoverborrow, verboverbought, adjectiveovercapitalized, adjectiveovergeared, adjectiveoverissue, nounoverlend, verboverseas investment, overtrade, verbowner-operator, nounP&L, packager, nounpaperchase, nounpar value, pass-through, nounpawn, verbpayables, nounpay and file, nounpaying agent, payout ratio, PDR, pension fund, nounpension plan, nounPE ratio, performance guarantee, permission to build, nounpersonal investment, petrodollars, nounPink Sheets, nounplanning application, plat book, pledgee, nounplot plan, pooling of interests, nounpork bellies, nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, adjectiverepatriate, verbrepurchase agreement, research manager, reserve requirement, reserves, nounresidual value, resource, verbresults, nounretainer, nounretirement plan, nounreturn, verbreturn, nounrevenue, nounreverse share split, risk analysis, nounrisk profile, ROA, root of title, royalty payment, ruin, verbsale and repurchase agreement, sales account, sales budget, sales charge, sales returns account, salvage value, nounsame-store sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, nounsaving, nounSavings and Loan Association, nounSEATS, nounsecondary shares, second-tier share, securities house, security rating, self-dealing, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveSETS, nounsettlement date, settling day, nounshare application, share exchange offer, share manipulation, share split, shark repellent, nounshelf registration, Ship, nounshort-covering, nounshort-term gain, sinking fund, nounsiphon, verbsliding peg, nounsmall-cap, nounSOX, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivespeculative investment, squeeze, verbstk., stockbrokerage, nounstock count, nounstockholding, nounstock parking, nounstock valuation, stop order, straight line, adjectivestructural analysis, sublet, verbsubsidize, verbsubsidy, nounsubvention, nounsum of the digits, nounsundries account, super voting rights, sustainability index, swaption, nounsystematic risk, technical analysis, technical analyst, technical correction, technicals, nountenant at sufferance, nountenant at will, nountenant for years, nountenant in common, nounterm, nountippee, nountipper, nountip sheets, nountotal, verbtrading loss, trading profit, transfer, verbtransfer agent, transfer register, trigger point, triple-A, adjectivetriple-witching, nountrue and fair view, nountrust, nountrust company, trustee, nountrusteeship, nountrust fund, nounturnover ratio, undercapitalized, adjectiveundercharge, verbunderfunded, adjectiveunder-investment, noununderreport, verbundervalued, verbunderwriting power, unearned income, ungeared, adjectiveunitize, verbunit of account, noununsystematic risk, upfront fee, uptick, nounvault cash, vendor placing, Wall Street, war chest, nounweak, adjectiveworking capital, nounwrite-off, nounwritten-down value, yield spread, yield to call, nounyield to maturity, nounYTD, YTM, zaitech, nounZ-score, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► switch/transfer allegiance
Phrases (=start to support a different person, group etc)
► transfer a call (=connect one to another person’s phone)· The call was transferred to his secretary.
► transfer a file (=move it from one computer system to another)· You can transfer files and share your stuff with friends.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► account· The money was then transferred to three personal accounts in the names of Weizman, his wife and his daughter.· The bank also said it will transfer customer trust accounts held at its overseas branches to local banks.· If the solicitor takes advantage of the option then the office monies must be transferred to the office account within seven days.· Like many of its competitors, Halifax already offers a switching service intended to speed the transferring of accounts.· In 1922 the newly opened Redemption Fund was transferred to the Revenue Account to offset losses.· When he closed the account, he transferred this to another account and used it to pay chambers' expenses.· If we agree your application, we will ask you to transfer your Current Account to Midland.
► allegiance· If Henry failed to abide by these terms his barons were to transfer their allegiance to Philip and Richard.
► asset· You can not transfer your assets to a spouse in order to protect them from the creditors.· Expenditure is then either written off or transferred to tangible fixed assets.
► authority· In these circumstances, the majority of staff employed by the Council will transfer to the successor authorities.· Faircloth was the leading proponent of transferring authority away from Barry and to the control board.· The social security funds spent upon residential care were to be transferred to the local authorities. 3.· Their functions were transferred partly to lower-tier authorities, partly to new single-purpose joint authorities and inpart to the Secretary of State.
► benefit· For example, a warrant will usually not be a liability as it does not contain an obligation to transfer economic benefits.· If a capital instrument contains an obligation to transfer economic benefits the entire instrument should be accounted for as a liability.· However, the obligation to pay interest is an obligation to transfer economic benefits and hence the instrument is a liability.· Capital instruments which do not contain an obligation to transfer economic benefits should be reported within shareholders' funds.
► business· Two years before the final fall of the Shah, he had begun transferring his wealth and business interests to Paris.· He purchased Western Union through a bankruptcycourt reorganization, selling off its well-known money-transfer business.· The purchaser may also wish to ensure that the vendor's important employees will be transferred with the business.· Not long afterwards, I shut down my account and transferred the business to another hitherto dormant account.
► case· Otherwise, the towns were transferred in many cases from imperial to papal overlordship.· Note that there is no power to transfer cases from the magistrates' court direct to the High Court.
► court· In 1857 its functions were transferred to the Court of Probate.· Juveniles 15 and older committing rape or forcible assault are named prominently in offenses automatically transferred to adult court.· If an action is begun in the wrong court, that court may transfer it to the court with appropriate jurisdiction.
► data· An online radio station can only work with as much data as it can transfer live across your connection.· The data transferred may be plain text, hypertext, images, or anything else.· It allows graphics, text and data to be freely transferred from one application to another with complete compatibility.· All of these data are transferred into the computer data base so that trends may be quickly noted and responded to.· But with digital instruments and digital storage, the data could be transferred through phone lines from the source to the computer.
► funds· As an alternative you can also transfer funds directly from your FlexiLoan to your Current Account whenever you want.· The Contract also aims to dismantle the Department of Education and transfer its funds to families and local school boards.· Please close the High Interest Business Account and transfer the funds to the current account.
► hospital· They've been transferred from Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon, where hospital managers have been forced to close three operating theatres.· After his arrest Davis was transferred to Napa State Hospital.· After a couple of days in hospital outside he was transferred to the prison hospital.· Both victims were transferred to Highland Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.· On September 1st, 300 patients were transferred from London hospitals to St. Peter's on one day.· It had been necessary to transfer her to hospital, the home being equipped only for residents able to look after themselves.· After a few weeks, he was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital, where he received physiotherapy treatment.· About 150 patients, the remainder inhabiting Banstead, would be transferred to community hospitals and hostels in London.
► information· It is then your task as the seller's conveyancer to transfer the information from the questionnaire to the information form.· Communications services transfer the information from the originator to the recipient.· Where calls are transferred, database information is also passed on.· Analyses the range of information sources, their language, their audiences and the mechanisms used to transfer information.
► module· The crew could then transfer to the command module for the return to Earth.· The solution was to transfer to the lunar module and live in that for the remainder of the flight.
► money· The Housing Executive stood its ground and refused to transfer money earmarked for other projects.· The focus of the so-called reform is to decentralize social safety net programs, transferring money and jurisdiction to the 50 states.· If there is money in court, the county court should transfer the money to the High Court.· So far, security scares have involved some customers viewing some one else's account details, not transferring money.· They're currently unable to transfer their money to another fund or take early retirement.· His parents sign to transfer their money over.· When confronted, Mr Samuels had agreed to close the account and transfer the money into the chambers' bank account.· What is the best method of transferring the money to that author and cutting out the profiteers in this country?
► ownership· The whole purpose of the transaction is to transfer ownership in the car.
► power· In this regard, the privatization strategy was criticized as merely transferring monopoly power from the public to the private sector.· They also achieve another prime objective of Conservative Governments, which is to transfer power from the state to the people.· The answer to bad elected public officials is not transferring their powers to unelected public officials or appointed committees.· Internal spring contacts in the detector transfer the power.· Gorbachev undermined the position of the Politburo when he transferred executive power to the presidency, advised by the presidential councils.
► property· Some members of the ruling class have transferred property to relatives and friends to avoid death duties.· On the facts of Lawrence the accused's conviction for theft was upheld even though the victim intended to transfer property.· Minimum advance is £20,000 and the loan can be transferred to a new property without penalty.· The transfer purported to transfer the property in consideration of the payment of the sum of £24,500.
► responsibility· Lord Bullock further suggests that he may even have been reluctant to transfer this particular responsibility to the United States.· The innovation of transferring responsibility to an indigenous anti-Communist corps had been started too late.· Managers are frequently willing to transfer responsibility for performing certain tasks, particularly under supervision.
► stitch· Now that punchcards exist it is quicker and less troublesome to let your lace carriage transfer the stitch for you.· Again cast on in full needle rib then transfer the stitches according to the diagram.· After knitting the welt, transfer all the stitches to the main bed.· The lace carriage is going to transfer the selected stitches and the main carriage is going to knit them.· Crossing chunky needles to transfer stitches just isn't possible.· If you try to move the carriage too lightly or too quickly you might not transfer the stitches firmly enough.· As before this simply tells you in which direction to move the lace carriage to transfer the selected stitches.
► unit· Three of them had serious face and hand burns and were transferred to the burns unit of Glasgow Royal Infirmary.· The care provided by the Beacon was to transfer to special units in the remaining children's day centres.· Economic decision-making and private ownership would then be transferred to production units.· He was later transferred to the burns unit at Whiston Hospital, Merseyside.· Later that evening she went into labour and was transferred to the maternity unit.· Whilst that order was in operation he was transferred to the secure unit near Bristol.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► transfer your affections/loyalty/allegiance etc► transfer power/responsibility/control (to somebody)
Word family- If Henry failed to abide by these terms his barons were to transfer their allegiance to Philip and Richard.
- In order to transfer control to a new sequence of instructions, a new value must be deposited in the program counter.
- Managers are frequently willing to transfer responsibility for performing certain tasks, particularly under supervision.
- Pairs of jump instructions were provided to transfer control to the left- or right-hand instruction of a specified store location.
- The innovation of transferring responsibility to an indigenous anti-Communist corps had been started too late.
- They also achieve another prime objective of Conservative Governments, which is to transfer power from the state to the people.
- Yet he is ahead of many heavily funded university labs in attempting to transfer control from humans to machines.
WORD FAMILYnountransfertransferenceverbtransfer
1move to different place etc [intransitive, transitive] to move from one place, school, job etc to another, or to make someone do this, especially within the same organizationtransfer (from something) to something Swod transferred from MI6 to the Security Service.transfer somebody (from something) to something They’re transferring him to a special unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital. You’ll be transferred to the Birmingham office.2put something in different place [intransitive, transitive] formal to move from one place to another, or to move something from one place to anothertransfer (from something) to something The exhibition transfers to York City Art Gallery on 23rd January.transfer something (from something) to something Transfer the meat to warm plates.3sports person [transitive] to sell a sports player to another team: He was transferred for a fee of £8 million.4money [transitive] to move money from one account or institution to anothertransfer something (from something) to something I’d like to transfer $500 to my checking account.5transfer your affections/loyalty/allegiance etc to change from loving or supporting one person to loving or supporting a different one6skill/idea/quality [intransitive, transitive] 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.7transfer power/responsibility/control (to somebody) to officially give power etc to another person or organization: The ageing president is preparing to transfer power to his son.8phone [transitive] 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.9property [transitive] law to officially give property or land to someone else10travel [intransitive, transitive] 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.11information/music [transitive] to copy recorded information, music etc from one system to another: Transfer the files onto a memory stick.12disease [transitive] if a disease is transferred from one person or animal to another, the second person or animal begins to have the disease SYN passtransfer something (from somebody/something) to somebody/something It is unlikely that the disease will be transferred from animals to humans.—transferable adjective: transferable skills—transferability /trænsˌfɜːrəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]