(to cause a person, office etc) to change position, job etc; to hand over the possession of (property etc) (to a person)
change of possession
Cases of word usage
1) to transfer (a nationalized industry etc) to private ownership again (denationalize)
2) (of a government) to transfer (an industry etc) from private to State ownership; to make (a person) a national (nationalize)
3) (especially) to transfer (the blood of one person) to another (transfuse)
4) to take up (plants etc) with their roots and plant in another place; to transfer (skin or an organ, e.g. a heart or kidney) from one place on the body or from one person to another (transplant)