Meaning

5 senses
  1. The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.

    Übergabe

    переда́чаperedáča

  2. The information passed on in such a case.

    The daytime team got an urgent handover from the afterhours department.

  3. The process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another channel.

  4. The process of transferring satellite control responsibility from one earth station to another without loss or interruption of service.

  5. The transfer of goods from the dealer to the purchaser, often of illegal goods.

More definitions
  • act of relinquishing property or authority etc

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
transference of authority:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
transference of authority:

Origin

Deverbal from hand over.

Deverbal from hand over.

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Forms

plural: handovers

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhand over

See also

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