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transfer

transfer

27 3.2
A ticket that lets you continue a trip without paying again
  • noun
  • /ˈtrænsfɜr/
  • US
translation icon : trasbordo
  • After using the subway, I can show my transfer to get on the bus without paying again.
  • a bus transfer

And I had a got to transfer with the bus ticket and, and second time I got robbed was in a McDonald's.

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Examples

  • I was meant to get a transfer.

  • Do you know what a wire transfer is?

  • Just get me a transfer, Mr. Ratchett, sir, please.

  • A private charter cab took us from the transfer area through Richmond.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Why don't you just give us our transfer slips now, so you won't forget?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Make sure to keep your transfer safe so you can use it to change buses during your journey.

  • I showed my transfer to the conductor, and he let me board the next train without any extra fee.

Compounds

3 4.5

Money the government gives people who need help without goods or services

transfer tax
  • Formal
1 6.3

A charge you pay when property goes from one person to another

1 4.4

Sharing information and skills from one person or group to another

1 4.2

A voluntary change of who owns something that follows the law

transfer agent
  • Specialized
1 7.9

An organization that keeps records of a company's stock owners and handles transfers and cancellations of stock certificates

Paper with a special coating that lets you move a design onto another surface often using heat

transfer RNA
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A small molecule in a cell that carries amino acids to ribosomes to make proteins

A way to share files over a network that lets people download without a password

A fast digital way to send small pieces of data that are the same size, such as voice and video

3.7

A standard way for computers to send files to each other over the internet

knowledge transfer
  • Specialized
4.1

Using what one trained model learned to help another model perform better

A set of rules that lets browsers get web pages from servers

Using skills or knowledge learned in one place in another similar situation

A lab method for making clones by moving a body cell's center into an egg cell without one

How Convenient

free pass
11 3.4
commutation ticket
  • Archaic
5.1
transfer
  • US
27 3.2
day return
  • UK
1 2.3

Surface Forms

transfer singular
transfers plural

Etymology

The word transfer comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and ferre 'to carry'. A transfer ticket lets you 'carry' your trip 'across' onto another vehicle without paying again.