transferral
Handoff between parties
Transferral is the act of transferring—moving something from one place, person, or situation to another.
The word is a formal noun form of transfer, used when emphasizing the process itself: The transferral of funds took three business days.
Transfer works in most contexts where transferral appears.
Transferring responsibility downward
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- passingMoving by or temporary
- handoverTransfer of control
- batonSlender rod for leading
relay · succession · turnover · devolution · entrusting · conferral · bestowal · granting
Written property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- conveyancingLegal property transfer process
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- cessionFormal transfer of territory
bequest · inheritance · donation · endowment · grant · gifting · alienation · divestiture
Moving things between places
- transmissionSending of information
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- handoverTransfer of control
dispatch · carriage · haulage · freight · cargo · logistics · portage · courier
Transfer data outward
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- migrationMovement to new territory
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
sync · porting · conversion · export · import · file · digital · electronic
Emotionally affecting
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
repatriation · expatriation · evacuation · rehoming · uprooting · reassignment · reposting · secondment
delegation
Transferring responsibility downward
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- passingMoving by or temporary
- handoverTransfer of control
baton · relay · succession · turnover · devolution · entrusting · conferral · bestowal · granting · cession
deed
Written property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- conveyancingLegal property transfer process
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
cession · bequest · inheritance · donation · endowment · grant · gifting · alienation · divestiture · sale
transport
Moving things between places
- transmissionSending of information
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
handover · dispatch · carriage · haulage · freight · cargo · logistics · portage · courier · consignment
upload
Transfer data outward
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- migrationMovement to new territory
- copyingReproducing something exactly
backup · sync · porting · conversion · export · import · file · digital · electronic · bandwidth
moving
Emotionally affecting
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
immigration · repatriation · expatriation · evacuation · rehoming · uprooting · reassignment · reposting · secondment · redeployment
transferralretention
Continued holding or possession
keeping · holding · withholding · retainment · maintenance
transferralretention
Continued holding or possession
keeping · holding · stasis · fixation · immobility
transferralretention
Continued holding or possession
withholding · keeping · holding · appropriation · seizure
- transferred epithetAdjective applied to wrong noun
transferred, transferring, transferrer, transferrable, retransferred