transfers

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of transfer.

   The accountant reviewed all the wire transfers from last quarter.

   Several player transfers were announced before the season began.

   Note

   Only the countable meanings of the noun take this plural. The general act of moving something, as in the transfer of power, stays singular. Individual instances can be counted: two transfers on the way to work, a sheet of iron-on transfers, a bus rider's paper transfers kept for the next ride. Soldiers moved from one body of troops into another can be counted as transfers too.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of transfer.

   The company transfers employees between its offices as projects demand.

   He transfers funds online whenever the rent comes due.

   Note

   The same -s form carries both halves of the verb. With an object, the subject moves something on: she transfers the deed, the press transfers the image. Without one, the subject does the moving: he transfers at the next stop, a wheelchair user transfers to the bed. It is spelled exactly like the plural noun, and only the sentence around it tells you which one you are reading.

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