[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            i shall here only consider it as a transfer of
            property.                             --burke.
      1913 webster

   3. that which is transferred. specifically: 
      1913 webster
      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.
          1913 webster
      b a drawing or writing printed off from one surface on
          another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
          1913 webster
      c mil. a soldier removed from one troop, or body of
          troops, and placed in another.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
transfer day transfer office transfer paper transfer table traverse table traverse 

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