Transfer
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:12 pts8 letters
Definition of Transfer
Verb
- To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
"to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion"
- To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
"to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone"
- To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
"transfer to the Blue Line"
- To be or become transferred.
- To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
"The title to land is transferred by deed."
Noun
- The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
"Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station."
- A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
- A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
Anagrams of Transfer
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