transfer

verb

/trænsˈfɜːr/

/ˈtræns.fɝː/ (-rr-)

Definition

B1 [T] 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 (= arrange that I can receive them) up there, please?Transferring and transporting objectsChanging homes and moving B2 [I or T, usually + adv/prep] to change to a different job, team, place of work, etc., or to make someone do this: After a year he transferred to University College, Dublin. Some very high-profile British players have transferred to clubs abroad. He threatened to give up football if his club didn't transfer him (= sell him to another team).Promoting, demoting and transferring staff › [T] to make something the legal property of another person: She transferred the house to her daughter before she died.Inheriting and bequeathing transferable

/trænsˈfɜː.rə.bl̩/

/-ˈfɝː.ə-/ adjective › The tickets were marked 'Not Transferable'.Tickets

(Definition of transfer verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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