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transferrable

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trans·fer  (trns-fûr, trnsfr)
v. trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring, trans·fers
v.tr.
1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
2. Law To make over the possession or legal title of; convey.
3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.
v.intr.
1. To move oneself from one location or job to another.
2. To withdraw from one educational institution or course of study and enroll in another.
3. To change from one public conveyance to another: transferred to another bus.
n. (trnsfr)
1. also trans·fer·al (trns-fûrl) The conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another.
2. One who transfers or is transferred, as to a new school.
3. A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another.
4.
a. A ticket entitling a passenger to change from one public conveyance to another as part of one trip.
b. A place where such a change is made.
5. also transferal Law A conveyance of title or property from one person to another.

[Middle English transferren, from Old French transferer, from Latin trnsferre : trns-, trans- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

trans·fera·bili·ty n.
trans·fera·ble, trans·ferra·ble adj.
trans·ferrer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.transferrable - capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to anothertransferrable - capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"
2.transferrable - legally transferable to the ownership of anothertransferrable - legally transferable to the ownership of another; "negotiable bonds"
alienable - transferable to another owner


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