transfer
    n 1: the act of moving something from one location to another
         [syn: transportation, transport, transfer,
         transferral, conveyance]
    2: someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to
       another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" [syn:
       transfer, transferee]
    3: 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" [syn: transfer,
       transference]
    4: a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
    5: application of a skill learned in one situation to a
       different but similar situation [syn: transfer, transfer
       of training, carry-over]
    6: transferring ownership [syn: transfer, transference]
    v 1: transfer somebody to a different position or location of
         work [syn: transfer, reassign]
    2: move from one place to another; "transfer the data";
       "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another
       hospital"
    3: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the
       young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer]
    4: move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to
       a pocket in his jacket" [syn: transfer, shift]
    5: cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings
       to my children"
    6: change from one vehicle or transportation line to another;
       "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" [syn:
       transfer, change]
    7: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
       message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
       channel, channelize, channelise]
    8: 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" [syn:
       remove, transfer]
    9: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient
       Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn:
       transfer, transpose, transplant]

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.
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   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.
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   3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to
      transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
      --Tomlinson.
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   Syn: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
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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.
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   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.
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            I shall here only consider it as a transfer of
            property.                             --Burke.
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   3. That which is transferred. Specifically: 
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      (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.
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      (b) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on
          another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
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      (c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of
          troops, and placed in another.
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   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.
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   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.
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transfer

   1.  data transfer.

   2.  transfer of control.

   3.  The movement of electronic mail between
   servers by a Message Transfer Agent.

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.