handover

n.

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The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities.

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The passing of control authority of an aircraft from one control agency to another control agency. Handover action may be accomplished between control agencies of separate Services when conducting joint operations or between control agencies within a single command and control system. Handover action is complete when the receiving controller acknowledges assumption of control authority. Also called hand-off.

Thesaurus

Noun

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handover - act of relinquishing property or authority etc; "the handover of occupied territory" relinquishing, relinquishment - the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.