transferability
Can be moved
Transferability is the quality of being movable from one context, owner, or application to another.
Skills have transferability when they apply across different jobs: Her project management skills have high transferability.
In education, transferability determines whether credits from one institution count at another.
The term appears in discussions of warranties, licenses, and airline miles—anything that might or might not move with you.
Degree of fitness
- versatilityCapacity for varied applications
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
- interchangeabilityQuality of being swappable
- reusabilityCapacity for repeated application
modifiability · reconfiguration · repurposing · scalability · compatibility · interoperability · flexibility · customization
Permanent change of residence
- migrationMovement to new territory
- portabilityEase of carrying
- movementChange in position
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
emigration · commute · geographic · cross-border · workforce · expatriation · secondment · reassignment
Convertibility to cash
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- currencyMedium of exchange
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
stocks · bonds · portability · rollover · vesting · pension · retirement · account
Deriving principles from examples
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- reusabilityCapacity for repeated application
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
fine-tuning · pretraining · model · abstraction · representation · curriculum · overfitting · benchmark
Qualification for work
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- credentialProof of qualification
- proficiencySkilled performance level
expertise · versatility · cross-training · upskilling · reskilling · certification · resume · career
Official quality approval
- equivalencyState of being equal
- articulationClear vocal expression
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- certificationAttestation of qualification
diploma · transcript · coursework · degree · enrollment · academic · university · college
applicability
Degree of fitness
- versatilityCapacity for varied applications
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
- interchangeabilityQuality of being swappable
reusability · modifiability · reconfiguration · repurposing · scalability · compatibility · interoperability · flexibility · customization · integration
relocation
Permanent change of residence
- migrationMovement to new territory
- portabilityEase of carrying
- movementChange in position
immigration · emigration · commute · geographic · cross-border · workforce · expatriation · secondment · reassignment · posting
liquidity
Convertibility to cash
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- currencyMedium of exchange
securities · stocks · bonds · portability · rollover · vesting · pension · retirement · account · funds
generalization
Deriving principles from examples
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- reusabilityCapacity for repeated application
scalability · fine-tuning · pretraining · model · abstraction · representation · curriculum · overfitting · benchmark · dataset
employability
Qualification for work
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- credentialProof of qualification
proficiency · expertise · versatility · cross-training · upskilling · reskilling · certification · resume · career · workforce
accreditation
Official quality approval
- equivalencyState of being equal
- articulationClear vocal expression
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
certification · diploma · transcript · coursework · degree · enrollment · academic · university · college · prerequisite
- property rightsownership, property rights, private property, real property, title
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- investment metricsalpha, beta, risk, return, yield
- partnershipspartnership, business partnership, alliance, joint venture, joint ventures
- assignmentsassignment, task, job, chore, duty
transferabilitynon-transferability
Cannot be given away
inalienability · immobility · fixedness · permanence · boundedness
transferabilityspecificity
Exactness of detail
specialization · narrowness · particularity · inapplicability · restrictedness
transferabilityinalienability
Cannot be taken away
inseparability · permanence · fixity · attachment · binding
transfer, transported, transferred, transferring, transferable, transference, nontransferable, transferee, transferal