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to give over the legal possession or ownership of
- Claire's grandfather agreed to transfer certain stocks to her when she turned 18
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to cause (something) to pass from one to another
- they used Morse Code to transfer the message from one ship to another
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to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
- will have to transfer you from our San Francisco office to our New York headquarters
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to change the place or position of
- transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
- before she left the country, she transferred all her record books and important papers to her mother
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to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
- transferred the ball to the running back
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The first known use of transfer was in the 14th century
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