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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass possession to |
| Synonyms: | assign, bear, bring, carry, cart, cede, change, consign, convert, convey, deed, delegate, deliver, dislocate, dispatch, dispense, displace, disturb, express, feed, ferry, find, forward, give, hand, hand over, haul, lug, mail, make over, metamorphose, move, pass on, pass the buck, post, provide, relegate, relocate, remove, sell, send, shift, ship, shoulder, sign over, supply, taxi, tote, transfigure, translate, transmit, transmogrify, transmute, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
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| Concept: | Transfer. |
| Category: | 2. Transfer of Property |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation; demise, limitation; conveyancing; transmission (transference); enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange (interchange); barter; substitution., succession, reversion; shifting use, shifting trust; devolution.
-verbs
transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant (confer); consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange(interchange)., change hands, change hands from one to another; devolve, succeed; come into possession (acquire)., abalienate; disinherit; dispossess; substitute.
-adjectives
alienable, negotiable.
-phrases
estate coming into possession.
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| Main Entry: | delegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, apportioning, authorization, charge, commissioning, committal, consigning, consignment, conveyance, conveying, deputation, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, installation, investiture, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring, trust |
| Notes: | a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Antonyms: | keeping |
| Main Entry: | etching |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | art created by carving |
| Synonyms: | engraving, impression, imprint, inscription, mezzotint, photoengraving, photogravure, print, reproduction, rotogravure, transferring |
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, transfer |
| Synonyms: | carriage, carrier, carrying, carting, conveyance, conveying, conveyor, freightage, hauling, lift, movement, mover, moving, passage, removal, shipment, shipping, transference, transferring, transit, transportation, transporting, transshipment, truckage, vehicle |
| Antonyms: | idle, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | giving |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bestowing |
| Synonyms: | allowing, awarding, bequeathing, ceding, conferring, contributing, conveying, dispensing, distributing, doling out, donating, endowing, expending, furnishing, granting, handing out, imparting, offering, passing out, permitting, presenting, remitting, supplying, transferring, yielding |
| Antonyms: | appropriating, getting, taking |
| Main Entry: | selling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of selling |
| Synonyms: | auction, auctioning, bartering, merchandising, sale, trading, transacting, transfer, transferring, vending |
| Antonyms: | acquiring, buying, purchasing |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring |
| Synonyms: | buck, carry, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, lug, move, pack, take, tote, transfer, transport |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | refuse, take, throw away |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport or accompany |
| Synonyms: | attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, piggyback, ride, schlepp, shoulder, take, take along, tote, transfer, transport, truck, usher |
| Antonyms: | drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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