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transferrable

transferrable

4.2
The law allows someone to give something they own to another person
  • adjective
  • /trænsˈfɜrəbəl/
  • UK
translation icon : transferible
  • Ownership of the property is transferrable upon completion of all legal requirements.

Examples

  • Some airline miles are not transferrable to another person.

  • Is this license transferrable to someone else?

  • Tickets to the event are transferrable provided you inform the organizers in advance.

  • The contract is transferrable to another party.

  • The ownership rights for the artwork are legally transferrable after the sale is finalized.

  • Under the new policy, all membership benefits are transferrable to a family member.

  • She asked if the warranty on the vehicle was transferrable to the new owner.

Synonyms

transferable
vstransferrable
8 3.9

Able to be given to another person, for example a ticket

is limited to legal or official ownership change rather than general moves
tradable
vstransferrable
3 3.7

Can be bought or sold

is about legal or official ownership change not only market exchange
negotiable
vstransferrable
  • Specialized
2 6.8

Able to be legally given to another person

is broader focusing on legal or official ownership change not just document procedure
assignable
vstransferrable
  • Formal
1 6.9

Can be transferred by law to another person

is limited to legal or officially recognised changes of ownership rather than informal moves
alienable
vstransferrable
  • Formal
1 9.4

Able to be sold or given to another person

emphasises legal or official change of ownership rather than keeping rights
conveyable
vstransferrable
  • Formal
7.4

A thing an owner can legally sell or give to another person

is about legal change of ownership rather than other kinds of movement
shiftable
vstransferrable
4.4

A responsibility or cost that can be passed to another person

is specifically about legal or official ownership change rather than simple reassignment

Antonyms

nontransferable
1 6.6

You cannot give or sell it to another person

How Transferable

transferrable
  • UK
4.2

Surface Forms

transferrable positive
transferrable comparative
transferrable superlative

Morphology

transferrable = transfer (transparent) = transfer + able

Formed by the verb 'transfer' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-able', meaning 'capable of being transferred' in a legal/official sense.

Etymology

Transferrable comes from the parts trans- 'across' and ferre 'to carry', the same root you see in transfer. So, when something is legally or officially transferrable, it can be 'carried across' to another owner through the proper legal or official steps.