transfer

The word “transfer” means to move something from one place, person, or thing to another. In plain terms, to move something (money, a person, data) from one place to another.

“Transfer” is pronounced trahns-FUR (/tɹænsˈfɚ/ in IPA).

Here is “transfer” used in a sentence: “Please transfer the funds to my savings account.”

Words with a similar meaning to “transfer” include abalienate, alien, alienate, assign, change hands and consign.

Depending on how it is used, “transfer” can be a verb and a noun.

The word “transfer” comes from Latin. From Latin "transferre" — "to carry across" — from "trans-" plus "ferre" ("to carry"). A distant relative of "translate.".

“Transfer” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Transfer” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to move something from one place, person, or thing to another.

Both involve moving something, but transfer is broad — money, people, or objects moved from one place to another. Transmit is narrower, meaning to send signals, data, or energy across a distance, as with radio, electricity, or disease. You transfer a file; a station transmits a broadcast.

Moving money between bank accounts, changing from one train to another, relocating an employee to a new office, or copying files to a different computer are all transfers. In each case, something is moved from one place, person, or system to another — which is exactly what the verb describes.

Common kinds include money or bank transfers, data and file transfers, and transfers of people — an employee moving office or a player moving clubs. There are also transfers of ownership, rights, or property, where legal control passes from one party to another rather than a physical object.