1. The act or process of moving an object or an individual from one place to a different location: As he prepared to retire as president of the company, Mr. Jeeter was able to arrange a transfer for his long-time secretary to a different office in the same building.

The transfer of Jim's data from his computer to his internet service provider was delayed because of a power outage caused by a severe storm.

A transfer of passengers from the aircraft to the terminal could not take place until the bus arrived to pick them up.

2. Tickets that allow customers who pay their fares to move from one vehicle to another one until they reach their destinations: Many passengers, including Carol and her friend Elaine, obtain transfers every day so they can change from the subway to the buses without having to pay an extra fare to go to work, shopping, etc.; then later, with another paid fare, they will get another transfer, so they can return to their homes after they have completed their objectives.

1. To move, to change, to displace, or to leave: It broke Sally's heart to realize that Jack was transferring his "undying affection" from her to Kitty, her best friend.
2. To use something; such as, an idea, a skill, etc. for a different or new purpose: Fortunately, Sam was able to transfer his organizational experiences and ideas to his new job.
3. To change from one form of transportation to another one while traveling: In addition to the passengers, Sandy and Leo were transferred from one aircraft to a different one because the first one had a flat tire.

The number of characters that can be moved from an RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) tag to a reader within a given time: The measure of data transfer rate or the speed with which a computer device transmits information are also used to quantify how fast readers can read the information on the RFID tag.

Data transfer rate differs from the "read rate" which refers to how many tags can be read within a given period of time.

The passage of a stable subatomic particle that goes from one atom or molecule to another one either by collision or by other procedures: The electron transfer from one part of a system to another component.

1. A payment system in which the processing and communications necessary to effect monetary exchanges and the processing and communications necessary to effect financial exchanges and the processing and communications necessary for the production and distribution of the services that are incidental or related to the exchanges are dependent completely or in a large part on the use of electronics.
2. Electronic banking transactions conducted through computerized systems; such as, electronic funds transfer by automated-teller machines, intended to speed operations, to reduce costs, etc.

A customer inserts a magnetically encoded plastic card into the terminal, and then presses the appropriate keys to make deposits or withdrawals, transfer money to pay bills, and even to borrow money.

Such financial exchanges are dependent wholly or in a large part on the use of electronics.

1. The use of telecommunications networks to transfer funds from one financial institution; such as, a bank, to another bank, or to withdraw funds from one's own account to deposit in a creditor's account.
2. A system for transferring monetary funds from one account or location to another one by computer.

A method of transporting chemicals across a membrane by using an electric current as a driving force.

A measure of the efficiency of an imaging system in transferring the details of an object to those of the image.

The broad set of processes encompassing the movement of knowledge, techniques, capital, and goods among different people.