wire transfer

noun

: a transfer of funds (as from one bank account to another) by electronic or formerly by telegraphic means

… has steadily built alliances with financial-service providers … enabling it to offer services such as bargain-priced money orders and wire transfers.

—Wendy Zellner

Examples of wire transfer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Paula finally reaches Detective Gonzalez and excitedly chatters about her wire transfer ruse, the wry officer isn’t amused. —Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026

Legitimate organizations, including your company or bank, don’t typically ask for gift cards, wire transfers, cryptocurrency, or payment apps. —Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026

Watch out for anyone who asks for gift cards, cryptocurrency, wire transfers or payment apps. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026

And humanitarian aid used to consist of many different wire transfers, cash handouts at endpoints, and really just this kind of super messy system. —Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wire transfer

• entrepreneur
• restaurateur
• amateur
• connoisseur
• kieselguhr
• monseigneur
• procureur
• retransfer
• saboteur
• silencer
• voyageur
• birr