Real Dictionary

transfer
variable noun: Technology transfer is the process or act by which a country or organization which has developed new technology enables another country or organization to use the technology.
verb: If something is transferred, or transfers, from one person or group of people to another, the second person or group gets it instead of the first.
verb: If you transfer something or someone from one place to another, or they transfer from one place to another, they go from the first place to the second.
verb: In professional sports, if a player transfers or is transferred from one club to another, they leave one club and begin playing for another.

transfer in American English
a transferring or being transferred
to convey, carry, remove, or send from one person, place, or position to another
to transfer oneself or be transferred; move
adjective: of, pertaining to, or involving transfer payments
intransitive verb: to remove oneself from one place to another
noun: a means or system of transferring
transitive verb: to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another

transfer in British English
noun: the act, process, or system of transferring, or the state of being transferred
verb: to change or go or cause to change or go from one thing, person, or point to another

transfer in Electrical Engineering
noun: Transfer is the amount of data that is transferred across a digital interface, not including any extra bits used to encode the data.