TRANSFERS
Noun
transfers
plural of transfer
Verb
transfers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transfer
Source: Wiktionary
TRANSFER
Trans*fer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transferred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transferring.] Etym: [L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to
bear: cf. F. transférer. 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.
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)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition