0 to move someone or something from one place, vehicle, person, or group to another:
He has been transferred to a psychiatric hospital.
She transferred her gun from its shoulder holster to her handbag.
We were transferred from one bus into another.
Police are investigating how £20 million was illegally transferred from/out of the trust's bank account.
The aim is to transfer power/control/responsibility to self-governing regional councils.
I'll be upstairs, so could you transfer my phone calls up there, please?
After a year he transferred to University College, Dublin.
My employer wanted to transfer me to another department.
Some very high-profile players have transferred to clubs abroad.
He threatened to give up playing if his club didn't transfer him (= sell him to another team).
1 the movement of something or someone from one place, position, etc. to another:
the transfer of information
Black's transfer to the Austin office came as a shock his colleagues.
The official transfer of ownership will take a few days to complete.
2 a player who has moved from one sports team to another:
He came to the team as a transfer from Tottenham.
3 transport provided between two places, for example between an airport and hotel:
4 a ticket that allows a passenger to change routes or to change from one bus or train to another
5 a picture or pattern that can be attached to a surface by pressing it against the surface and then rubbing or heating it:
6 to move from one place, person, or position to another, or to cause someone or something to move:
7 a move from one place, person, or position to another :
[ C ] I got my money through an electronic transfer into my account.
9 to change to a different job, team, place of work, or situation, or to make someone do this:
13 to pass a phone call from one phone to another:
transfer sb to sb Please hold while I transfer you to my supervisor.
14 the process of moving someone or something from one place to another:
15 an occasion when someone or something moves from one place to another:
16 the act of making something the legal property of another person:
The new government's policy is to transfer state industries from the public sector to the private sector.
It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.
Any transfer of cash must be registered.
The transfer of responsibility to our department means a heavier workload.
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