I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
electronic funds transfer
switch/transfer allegiance (= start to support a different person, group etc )
transfer a call (= connect one to another person’s phone )
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The call was transferred to his secretary.
transfer a file (= move it from one computer system to another )
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You can transfer files and share your stuff with friends.
transfer fee
transfer list
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
account
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The money was then transferred to three personal accounts in the names of Weizman, his wife and his daughter.
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The bank also said it will transfer customer trust accounts held at its overseas branches to local banks.
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If the solicitor takes advantage of the option then the office monies must be transferred to the office account within seven days.
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Like many of its competitors, Halifax already offers a switching service intended to speed the transferring of accounts .
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In 1922 the newly opened Redemption Fund was transferred to the Revenue Account to offset losses.
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When he closed the account , he transferred this to another account and used it to pay chambers' expenses.
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If we agree your application, we will ask you to transfer your Current Account to Midland.
allegiance
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If Henry failed to abide by these terms his barons were to transfer their allegiance to Philip and Richard.
asset
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You can not transfer your assets to a spouse in order to protect them from the creditors.
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Expenditure is then either written off or transferred to tangible fixed assets .
authority
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In these circumstances, the majority of staff employed by the Council will transfer to the successor authorities .
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Faircloth was the leading proponent of transferring authority away from Barry and to the control board.
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The social security funds spent upon residential care were to be transferred to the local authorities . 3.
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Their functions were transferred partly to lower-tier authorities , partly to new single-purpose joint authorities and inpart to the Secretary of State.
benefit
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For example, a warrant will usually not be a liability as it does not contain an obligation to transfer economic benefits .
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If a capital instrument contains an obligation to transfer economic benefits the entire instrument should be accounted for as a liability.
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However, the obligation to pay interest is an obligation to transfer economic benefits and hence the instrument is a liability.
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Capital instruments which do not contain an obligation to transfer economic benefits should be reported within shareholders' funds.
business
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Two years before the final fall of the Shah, he had begun transferring his wealth and business interests to Paris.
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He purchased Western Union through a bankruptcycourt reorganization, selling off its well-known money-transfer business .
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The purchaser may also wish to ensure that the vendor's important employees will be transferred with the business .
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Not long afterwards, I shut down my account and transferred the business to another hitherto dormant account.
case
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Otherwise, the towns were transferred in many cases from imperial to papal overlordship.
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Note that there is no power to transfer cases from the magistrates' court direct to the High Court.
court
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In 1857 its functions were transferred to the Court of Probate.
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Juveniles 15 and older committing rape or forcible assault are named prominently in offenses automatically transferred to adult court .
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If an action is begun in the wrong court , that court may transfer it to the court with appropriate jurisdiction.
data
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An online radio station can only work with as much data as it can transfer live across your connection.
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The data transferred may be plain text, hypertext, images, or anything else.
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It allows graphics, text and data to be freely transferred from one application to another with complete compatibility.
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All of these data are transferred into the computer data base so that trends may be quickly noted and responded to.
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But with digital instruments and digital storage, the data could be transferred through phone lines from the source to the computer.
funds
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As an alternative you can also transfer funds directly from your FlexiLoan to your Current Account whenever you want.
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The Contract also aims to dismantle the Department of Education and transfer its funds to families and local school boards.
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Please close the High Interest Business Account and transfer the funds to the current account.
hospital
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They've been transferred from Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon, where hospital managers have been forced to close three operating theatres.
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After his arrest Davis was transferred to Napa State Hospital .
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After a couple of days in hospital outside he was transferred to the prison hospital.
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Both victims were transferred to Highland Hospital , where they were pronounced dead.
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On September 1st, 300 patients were transferred from London hospitals to St. Peter's on one day.
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It had been necessary to transfer her to hospital , the home being equipped only for residents able to look after themselves.
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After a few weeks, he was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital , where he received physiotherapy treatment.
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About 150 patients, the remainder inhabiting Banstead, would be transferred to community hospitals and hostels in London.
information
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It is then your task as the seller's conveyancer to transfer the information from the questionnaire to the information form.
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Communications services transfer the information from the originator to the recipient.
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Where calls are transferred , database information is also passed on.
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Analyses the range of information sources, their language, their audiences and the mechanisms used to transfer information.
module
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The crew could then transfer to the command module for the return to Earth.
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The solution was to transfer to the lunar module and live in that for the remainder of the flight.
money
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The Housing Executive stood its ground and refused to transfer money earmarked for other projects.
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The focus of the so-called reform is to decentralize social safety net programs, transferring money and jurisdiction to the 50 states.
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If there is money in court, the county court should transfer the money to the High Court.
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So far, security scares have involved some customers viewing some one else's account details, not transferring money .
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They're currently unable to transfer their money to another fund or take early retirement.
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His parents sign to transfer their money over.
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When confronted, Mr Samuels had agreed to close the account and transfer the money into the chambers' bank account.
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What is the best method of transferring the money to that author and cutting out the profiteers in this country?
ownership
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The whole purpose of the transaction is to transfer ownership in the car.
power
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In this regard, the privatization strategy was criticized as merely transferring monopoly power from the public to the private sector.
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They also achieve another prime objective of Conservative Governments, which is to transfer power from the state to the people.
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The answer to bad elected public officials is not transferring their powers to unelected public officials or appointed committees.
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Internal spring contacts in the detector transfer the power .
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Gorbachev undermined the position of the Politburo when he transferred executive power to the presidency, advised by the presidential councils.
property
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Some members of the ruling class have transferred property to relatives and friends to avoid death duties.
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On the facts of Lawrence the accused's conviction for theft was upheld even though the victim intended to transfer property .
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Minimum advance is £20,000 and the loan can be transferred to a new property without penalty.
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The transfer purported to transfer the property in consideration of the payment of the sum of £24,500.
responsibility
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Lord Bullock further suggests that he may even have been reluctant to transfer this particular responsibility to the United States.
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The innovation of transferring responsibility to an indigenous anti-Communist corps had been started too late.
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Managers are frequently willing to transfer responsibility for performing certain tasks, particularly under supervision.
stitch
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Now that punchcards exist it is quicker and less troublesome to let your lace carriage transfer the stitch for you.
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Again cast on in full needle rib then transfer the stitches according to the diagram.
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After knitting the welt, transfer all the stitches to the main bed.
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The lace carriage is going to transfer the selected stitches and the main carriage is going to knit them.
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Crossing chunky needles to transfer stitches just isn't possible.
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If you try to move the carriage too lightly or too quickly you might not transfer the stitches firmly enough.
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As before this simply tells you in which direction to move the lace carriage to transfer the selected stitches .
unit
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Three of them had serious face and hand burns and were transferred to the burns unit of Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
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The care provided by the Beacon was to transfer to special units in the remaining children's day centres.
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Economic decision-making and private ownership would then be transferred to production units .
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He was later transferred to the burns unit at Whiston Hospital, Merseyside.
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Later that evening she went into labour and was transferred to the maternity unit .
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Whilst that order was in operation he was transferred to the secure unit near Bristol.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Transfer the mixture to a heavy cooking pan and add all remaining ingredients.
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Could I transfer $500 from my savings to my checking account?
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Davidson transferred to another department last October.
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Fed up with the disastrous performances of the team he'd been watching for years, he transferred his support to their rivals.
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Harding has been transferred to Albany prison, where he will complete his sentence.
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I must have lost my luggage when we transferred.
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I need to transfer some money from my savings account to my checking account.
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Ideas that work in one school often don't transfer well to another.
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If you take the bus, you'll have to transfer twice.
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In 1923 the ownership of the forest was transferred to a rich Dutch family.
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One option would be to transfer Struthers from London to New York.
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The assets were transferred into his wife's name.
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The design is transferred to the loom and woven into the carpet.
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The generals are transferring their allegiance to their new leader.
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The military government is refusing to transfer power to a democratically elected civilian government.
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The train broke down so we transferred to a bus.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gently jog forwards and backwards, transferring your weight from one leg to the other.
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Katya braced herself and transferred her being over the fibre-optic cable.
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Like all the tunnelling company commanders, he was a regular engineer who had been transferred.
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Or a trade may be used not to do new business, but to transfer a credit balance between accounts.
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Sometimes the contract provides that ownership will be transferred at some later date.
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The fly transferred itself from Marian's hand to Allen's forehead but it did not disturb him and he slept.
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These are transferred to Division B, which assembles the finished product and sells it to the public.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
capital
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After this date, and until 18 March 1986, a form of death duty called capital transfer tax applied.
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In the 1983 budget, gifts to charities were exempted from capital transfer tax.
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While it survived, it served a useful function in obtaining agreement on some economic questions such as currency convertibility and capital transfers .
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And are death duties or capital transfer tax relevant?
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An inheritance tax has replaced the capital transfer tax.
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In 1974 the Labour government introduced capital transfer tax which taxed certain gifts given by people who were alive.
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In 1981 the Conservative government abolished capital transfer tax and replaced it with inheritance tax.
electronic
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Finally, payment can be made by mail transfer , telegraphic or electronic transfer.
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Telegraphic transfer is similar except the instructions are sent by cable, phone, telex or electronic transfer.
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In advanced economies the cheque and associated electronic transfer techniques have become the chief means of payment in the business world.
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And the missing cash would distract their attention from the big electronic transfers .
free
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Cowans on a free transfer back to Villa.
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Full-back Irwin left on a free transfer to Oldham - who sold him on to Manchester United for £750,000.
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Middlesbrough striker Bernie Slaven yesterday joined second division promotion-chasers Port Vale on a 15-month contract after being given a free transfer .
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There is then a solvent free transfer of the analyte to the chromatographic system.
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The three governments have agreed that the missile projects will include the free transfer of all appropriate technology amongst the participating companies.
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Pardew - a free transfer from Crystal Palace last season - stooped low to nod the ball over the line.
nuclear
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We produced four live, cloned lambs by nuclear transfer .
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Instead, he had simply made new embryos by nuclear transfer .
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They announced the birth and subsequent good health of three cloned mice, created by nuclear transfer .
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The outcome of nuclear transfer can vary a great deal, depending on which of these courses is followed.
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There seems to be no a priori reason why nuclear transfer should work.
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Conceptually, of course, cloning by embryo splitting is much simpler than cloning by nuclear transfer .
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Others did take up Spemann's challenge, and truly began the age of nuclear transfer that he and Loeb had presaged.
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Thus they achieved nuclear transfer without ever penetrating karyoplast or cytoplast at all.
■ NOUN
credit
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We therefore, decided to look at credit transfer between our Higher National courses.
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Any reference to payment of rent by banker's order or credit transfer should be vigorously contested.
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So again, credit transfer would allow this student to gain the higher award on the completion of six more credits.
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Discussions are taking place to establish a credit transfer agreement.
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In credit transfer , the previous experience is always attested by an award or certificate from an awarding body.
fee
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In that event the players' registrations would be taken over by the League and transfer fees payable to Lytham.
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Pearce's request for new terms could have been sparked by transfer fees and wages rocketing in the last 12 months.
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Oldham have also cut the transfer fees on three players.
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If that happens, multi-million pound transfer fees will instead go to players in the form of higher salaries.
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An upper limit was then set on transfer fees .
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Meanwhile, Swindon celebrated promotion to the Premier League today by breaking their own club record transfer fee .
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Cash Flow: Club expenses include wages, transfer fees and ground rent.
file
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There are no extra charges for messages or file transfers .
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FastLynx takes the bind out of file transfer .
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Network programs that involve remote file transfer are especially susceptible to eavesdroppers gaining access to the contents of files.
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For more on file transfer , see p.149.
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The facilities for e-mail, file transfers and newsgroup messages are the equal of most Internet software packages on the market.
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The first is pure and simple file transfer .
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Everything from business applications to games are available by firing up a World Wide Web browser or file transfer program online.
function
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Suppose that an input signal with Fourier transform is applied to a four-terminal network for which the transfer function is.
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A number of transfer functions are commonly used.
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Suppose now that s is replaced by in the transfer function .
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Transter Functions: The threshold, or transfer function , is generally nonlinear.
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For simplicity, we have also omitted the transfer function and its first derivative in order to amplify the weight change process.
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Momentum's filter design product performs well; characteristic plot of a filter transfer function .
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And a scheduling function will be needed to determine how often a processing element should apply its transfer function.
heat
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Whether or not motion occurs is most precisely determined experimentally by its effect on the heat transfer .
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The heat transfer can occur without a corresponding diffusion of salt because of the lower diffusivity of the latter.
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Daylighting; Heat transfer in buildings.
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This greater accuracy will allow the heat transfer between the oceans and the atmosphere to be better computed.
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The microwaves agitate water molecules in the food to increase the efficiency of heat transfer into the food from the air curtain.
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Ideally, you will have a degree in engineering or science with a working knowledge of heat transfer mechanisms.
list
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Castleford have placed their winger Chris Chapman on the transfer list at £45,000.
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Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area.
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Whyte is on the transfer list .
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The 28-year-old has been placed on the transfer list with a price tag of $ 10m.
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And the vast majority of the Roker reserve squad tonight are either on the transfer list or have requested to leave.
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Manager Kevin Keegan revealed last night that the experienced pair will go on the transfer list on Monday.
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Roberts, on the transfer list at his own request, cost United £15,000 from Darlington last year.
market
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Read in studio Football ... Our two Central South first division sides have been in the transfer market today.
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He has already triggered a steep rise in transfer market prices by proving such a bargain at £2.5 million.
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The club are prepared to back Lawrence in the transfer market and chairman Colin Henderson has promised £2m for team-strengthening.
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Club financial director Ken Gardiner said the payment was a reward for Redknapp's dealings in the transfer market .
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Manager Malcolm Crosby wants to drastically trim the Roker wage bill before launching into the transfer market .
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And that clearly is restricting Crosby's hand in the transfer market .
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And with a question mark against his judgment in the transfer market .
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Hoddle's been in the transfer market to make up for Shearer's loss.
payment
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The less well off do receive transfer payments and the rich face the highest rates of income tax.
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So maybe we can have voluntary transfer payments from rich to poor.
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Government need tax revenue to pay for public goods and to make transfer payments to the poor.
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The structure of taxes and transfer payments can have a significant impact upon the distribution of income.
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Many of these changes have been directly related to progressive taxation, transfer payments and high levels of employment.
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This distinction between government purchases and transfer payments is relevant for our discussion of the growth of government.
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The second row of Table 16-1 shows that government spending on transfer payments has also risen faster than national income.
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One can argue that transfer payments involve a lesser degree of government intervention in the economy than do government purchases.
price
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Look at Figure 3 again; the transfer price could be one that is set equal to the market price.
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Indeed, as a general problem, it is unlikely that two divisions will arrive amicably at a suitable transfer price .
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Multi-nationals can use their market power to fiddle transfer prices .
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If the divisions trade with each other transfer prices will have to be agreed.
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In particular, transfer prices will affect the following: Divisional profits and motivation.
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In practice, it will probably try to get away with transfer prices that let it shift profits into low-tax countries.
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As goods are passed up to a division, the transfer price may include elements to cover profit and fixed costs.
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This article has looked at how a theoretical transfer price can be calculated in a simple situation.
system
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A progressively tax and transfer system takes most from the rich and give most to the poor.
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Simply put, the current transfer system is backwards and the solution is simple: reverse it.
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Nicholas Doig with the Schering Packman closed transfer system fitted to the farm's 2,500-litre trailed sprayer.
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The abolition of the transfer system is inevitable.
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Bichard said a new automatic computer transfer system would soon be introduced.
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Are there significant differences in transfer systems which encourage work and income support to be combined?
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Taken as a whole, the tax and transfer system takes money from the rich and gives to the poor.
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Flackware's Zmodem is simply the best implementation we have seen of this powerful file transfer system .
tax
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After this date, and until 18 March 1986, a form of death duty called capital transfer tax applied.
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In the 1983 budget, gifts to charities were exempted from capital transfer tax .
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This legislation exempts international trading companies from withholding, income, capital gains and share transfer taxes .
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And are death duties or capital transfer tax relevant?
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An inheritance tax has replaced the capital transfer tax.
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In 1974 the Labour government introduced capital transfer tax which taxed certain gifts given by people who were alive.
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In 1981 the Conservative government abolished capital transfer tax and replaced it with inheritance tax.
technology
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However, experience has shown that technology transfer is best achieved within a real business environment.
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What is needed is a balanced measure incorporating the human, economic and technical aspects of the technology transfer process.
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The most successful forms of technology transfer involve a complex blend of both vertical and horizontal integration.
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In terms of technology transfer , handpumps are used at the rural level directly by intended beneficiaries.
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Philip Hanson's empirical work on international technology transfer laid bare the limitations of borrowing as a survival strategy.
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Once a stable civil society emerges, technology transfer is more likely to generate economic progress, Wilson argues.
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There is a large literature on technology transfer , though not much of it is from the perspective of the developing countries.
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Founded in 1989, the company was the first to be set up by the University's technology transfer unit.
■ VERB
allow
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The joint between steps is rebated to allow the transfer of these horizontal forces as well as the more normal vertical forces.
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This allows the transfer of messages through store-and-forward methods.
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Scanning technology would enhance their capability even further, allowing transfer of physical pictures.
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The resulting irritation causes scratching which allows transfer of eggs to the fingers and fingernails.
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Real wages were pulled up and older machines rendered unprofitable, allowing a faster transfer of workers to the new machines.
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Categories of expenditure should be sufficiently flexible to allow transfer of funds if increase in one category would lead to overall savings.
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This greater accuracy will allow the heat transfer between the oceans and the atmosphere to be better computed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a job transfer
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Most of the bills are paid by electronic transfer .
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The transfer of power was effected swiftly and peacefully.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After that - or if there are no such candidates - transfers come into operation, entailing fresh counts.
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In contrast, government spending on transfer payments is primarily concerned with equity and income redistribution.
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It is important to note that government purchases and transfers have significantly different impacts upon the allocation of resources.
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The transfer of corporate ownership through the sale of stock will not disrupt the continuity of the corporation.
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The facilities for e-mail, file transfers and newsgroup messages are the equal of most Internet software packages on the market.
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The outcome of nuclear transfer can vary a great deal, depending on which of these courses is followed.
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This transfer of resources has been recycled into higher investment and the stock market boom.