¦ verb trans'f?: tr?:ns-, -nz- (transfers, transferring, transferred)
1. move from one place to another.
2. move to another department, occupation, team, etc.
redirect (a telephone call) to a new line or extension.
3. change to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey.
4. make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another.
5. [usu. as adjective transferred] change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor.
¦ noun 'transf?:, 'tr?:ns-, -nz-
1. an act of transferring.
2. Brit. a small coloured picture or design on paper, which can be transferred to another surface by being pressed or heated.
3. N. Amer. a ticket allowing a passenger to change from one public transport vehicle to another as part of a single journey.
Derivatives
transferability noun
transferable adjective
transferee noun
transferor noun (chiefly Law).
transferral noun
transferrer noun
Origin
ME: from Fr. transferer or L. transferre, from trans- 'across' + ferre 'to bear'.