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

The city is sounding the alarm over fraudulent invoices that are directing permit applicants, residents and businesses to pay a fraudster by wire transfer. — Michelle Marchante september 23, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

State police are reminding residents not to provide personal information to unknown callers and never to make payments using gift cards, cryptocurrency or wire transfers. — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Jared Koopman, head of the IRS’ criminal investigations division, told reporters the defendants then allegedly used the proceeds to purchase luxury homes, send money overseas through wire transfers and make large cash withdrawals. — Ken Sweet, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

My life was turned upside down when I was victimized by an overseas wire transfer. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 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