handover

Meaning

1. The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
2. The information passed on in such a case.
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.

Synonyms

delivery

assignment

transmission

cession

conjoining

connect

conveyance

conveyancing

discharge

extradition

forfeit

forfeiture

giving

grant

handing over

hand-off

join

livery

restitution

restoration

return

streaking

surrender

turnback

abandonment

legal transfer

alienation

ceding

Translations

remise

teruggave

terugzetten

⏪

aanreiken

transfert

passation

remise à disposition

consegna

aangeven

✋

afdragen

overbrengen

overgeven

overhandigen

✋

ter hand stellen

toereiken

Etymology

Deverbal from hand over.