Noun | 1. | transfer - the act of transporting something from one location to another |
2. | transfer - someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" Synonyms: transferee | |
3. | transfer - the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" Synonyms: transference | |
4. | transfer - a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances | |
5. | transfer - application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation Synonyms: carry-over, transfer of training | |
6. | transfer - transferring ownership Synonyms: transference | |
Verb | 1. | transfer - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" Synonyms: shift |
2. | transfer - transfer somebody to a different position or location of work Synonyms: reassign | |
3. | transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" | |
4. | transfer - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" Synonyms: transplant | |
5. | transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" | |
6. | transfer - change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" Synonyms: change | |
7. | transfer - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" | |
8. | transfer - shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" Synonyms: remove | |
9. | transfer - transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" Synonyms: transpose, transplant |
TRANSFER, cont. The act by which the owner of a thing delivers it to another
person, with the intent of passing the rights which he has in it to the
latter.
2. It is a rule founded on the plainest dictates of common sense,
adopted in all systems of law, that no one can transfer a right to another
which he has not himself: nemo plus juris ad alienum transfers potest quam
ipse habet. Dig. 50, 17, 54 10 Pet. 161, 175; Co. Litt. 305.
3. To transfer means to change; for example, one may transfer a legacy,
either, 1st. By the change of the person of the legatee, as, I bequeath to
Primus a horse which I before bequeathed to Secundus. 2d. By the change of
the thing bequeathed, as, I bequeath to Tertius my History of the United
States instead of my copy of the Life of Washington. 3d. By the change of
the person who was bound to pay the legacy, as, I direct that the sun) of
one hundred dollars, which I directed should be charged upon my house which
I gave to Quartus, shall be paid by my executors.