hand over
Surrender to another
To hand over is to transfer possession or control to someone else.
You might hand over your keys, your documents, or your responsibilities.
The phrase often implies reluctant or formal transfer: The outgoing CEO handed over the reins to her successor.
Hand over the money suggests demand or compulsion.
A handover is such a transfer.
Voluntarily give up control
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- forfeitLose through violation
- cedeFormally surrender possession
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
submit · capitulate · give up · turn in · acquiesce · succumb · white flag · unconditional
Transmit to another
- conveyCommunicate or transport
- transmitTo send onward
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- remitSend money owed
assign · delegate · entrust · consign · bestow · bequeath · allocate · deed
Wrapped item for shipping
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- courierDelivery person or service
- shipmentGoods being transported
- mailPostal system items
handoff · dispatch · consignment · freight · carrier · drop-off · receipt · signature
Exchange of commodities
- swapExchange one for another
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- dealAgreement or distribution
negotiate · reciprocate · interchange · quid pro quo · return · compensation · substitute · equivalent
relinquish
Voluntarily give up control
concede · submit · capitulate · give up · turn in · acquiesce · succumb · white flag · unconditional · comply
pass on
Transmit to another
remit · assign · delegate · entrust · consign · bestow · bequeath · allocate · deed · title
parcel
Wrapped item for shipping
mail · handoff · dispatch · consignment · freight · carrier · drop-off · receipt · signature · express
trade
Exchange of commodities
- swapExchange one for another
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- transactionExchange of goods/money
deal · negotiate · reciprocate · interchange · quid pro quo · return · compensation · substitute · equivalent · concession
- expressions about providinggive and take, dish out, dole out, pass out, give away
- submissionssubmit, query letter, application, entry, request
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- transfer verbsgive, pass, send, share, convey
hand overseize control
Forcibly take command
take charge · assume control · usurp · commandeer · take over
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