Transfer \Trans"fer\, n. 1. The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.
2. (Law) The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise.
I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property. --Burke.
3. That which is transferred. Specifically: (a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another. --Fairholt. (b) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts. (c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
4. (Med.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
{Transfer day}, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. --Bithell.
{Transfer office}, an office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made.
{Transfer paper}, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions.
{Transfer table}. (Railroad) Same as {Traverse table}. See under {Traverse}.
Transfer \Trans*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transferring}.] [L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to bear: cf. F. transf['e]rer. See {Bear} to carry.] 1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.
2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.
3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone. --Tomlinson.
Syn: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
The expected cut in car tax offered an unmissable opportunity to transfer the tax burden to petrol, so cutting the cost of buying cars but making people think more about how they used them. Instead, the policy has gone into reverse.
Rangoon Radio said one monk had persuaded an unnamed political party to press for a speedy transfer of power in Burma and organized monks to overthrow the government.
The transfer of funds will leave the FSLIC, which is managed by the Bank Board, severely depleted.
"This is going to be one strong baby," she said, gesturing to her belly before getting on a van to transfer onto the plane to the Philippines.
Under current troop-stationing agreements with East Germany, the Soviet Union buys East German marks in exchange for so-called transfer rubles at a preferential rate.
University of Utah President Chase N. Peterson, a cheerleader for the phantom phenomenon of tabletop fusion, is retiring under fire for a hidden, $500,000 transfer of money toward its development.
But no one here can answer it." In Budapest, a Hungarian official said the transfer of refugees was stalled because of fears over how Hungary's role would be viewed by allied East Germany.
If enacted, the bill would transfer from the president to the U.S. trade representative the authority to decide what unfair trade practices another country is engaged in and what, if any, retaliatory measures to impose.
They claimed that a 1790 law that forbids transfer of Indian lands without federal approval was violated in the 1870s when the state redistributed tribal lands to other island residents.
The TOWs for Israel were to replenish that nation's supply for its prior transfer of TOWs to Iran.
A mandatory comparison of the benefits under different pension schemes - and a clear written statement of the reasons why any transfer should be made - would be good places to start. Still, SIB is not acting alone.
BA wanted to introduce an afternoon flight from London which would return from Warsaw in time for transit passengers to transfer onto flights to North American and other destinations.
And there is no reason to believe that even if the CiU were to make a long-term pact to support the socialists (in return, no doubt, for the transfer to Catalonia of more political power) that they could stick to it.
The actual legal title and asset transfer won't occur until USX settles original financing obligations, which is expected in April 1989.
Wedtech has advised the stock exchange that it hasn't been able to transfer its securities to another market, the Big Board said.
Some of those employees may be eligible for transfer to other Hormel plants, the company said.
"The bailout will result in a massive geographic transfer of wealth to the Southwest, as well as a transfer of wealth from taxpayers to savers," Hill said.
"The bailout will result in a massive geographic transfer of wealth to the Southwest, as well as a transfer of wealth from taxpayers to savers," Hill said.
Two weeks ago Moscow quietly announced that it considered the transfer agreement null and void. Ukraine has responded by saying that Russia misled Ukraine during the signing of documents by setting down a text that was not what Ukraine had negotiated.
President Roh Tae-woo was sworn into office Thursday and promised to end decades of harsh authoritarian rule and form a "people's government." It was the first peaceful transfer of power in South Korea's violent 40-year history.
The Summit was supposed to draw up plans to encourage the transfer of technology from the advanced countries to the developing.
Mr David Shaw was particularly concerned at the proposal to transfer the Royal Military School for Music from Deal in his Dover constituency.
They thought they could understand the risks, there would be no problem with transfer payments, and they could more easily take security.
But some of the problems may also occur with section 32 policies, executive pension plans and money purchase schemes. What can be done to solve these problems, given that the transfer charges on a pension are so high?
There were economic and political objections. The so-called Union Bonds would transfer important new spending power to the European Commission.
Cardinal Macharski is responsible for arranging the transfer of the convent.
The administration has modified the proposal to say Medicaid eligibility will be delayed after applicants transfer assets to others, depending on the size of the transfers.
"Over the next year," says Mayor Lee Cooke, "I believe you will see a flood of concerns and anger by folks like me." Moreover, some economists argue, the bailout is a transfer of cash to the wealthy from the less-so.
The foreign minister of Belarus said the transfer was the first step toward getting rid of all nuclear weapons.
One version calls for a "transfer tax" of 0.5% of the value of publicly traded stocks, placed on both the buyer and the seller in each transaction.