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transfer

/ˈtɹæns.fɚ/ noun B2
  1. The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another. (uncountable)
  2. An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal. (countable)
  3. An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey. (countable)
  4. A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey. (countable)
  5. A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer. (countable)
  6. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A pathological process by 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. (countable, uncountable)
  8. The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another. (countable, uncountable)

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de Saint-Méran; “and where is it decided to transfer him?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 47 · C1
Dantès, struck with the beauty and capability of the little vessel, applied to its owner to transfer it to him, offering sixty thousand francs, upon condition that he should be allowed to take immediate possession.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 269 · C1
The very same day the occupants of the apartments on the fifth floor of the house, now become the property of Dantès, were duly informed by the notary who had arranged the necessary transfer of deeds, etc., that the new landlord gave them their choice of any of the rooms in the house, without the least augmentation of rent, upon condition of their giving instant possession of the two small chambers they at present inhabited.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 275 · C1
It is simply to say that you transfer every possible right that you ever had in the bust to me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 94 · C1

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