transfer

celestial transfer

The act of dying. Peggy's not doing well—celestial transfer seems imminent.
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transfer to (someone, something, or some place)

1. To move (oneself) to a new job or location thereof. I had an opportunity to transfer to the company's headquarters in Osaka, Japan. She's thinking of transferring to Minnesota once she's finished with this project.
2. To enroll in and begin attending a new educational institution (after withdrawing from a previous one). I did my first two years at the University of Colorado, then I transferred to Yale to finish my degree. I'm just really homesick, so I'm going to transfer to the college in my hometown.
3. To go onto and begin riding a new public conveyance (after exiting or disembarking from a previous one). You'll have to transfer to a different bus partway through the journey. The train took us most of the way, but we had to transfer to a shuttle bus to get to the airport.
4. To pass ownership of something to another person or group. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "transfer" and "to." Because she had no direct heir, the duchess transferred her entire estate to her close friend Gabriella DeWitt. The government has agreed to transferring the land to the Native American tribe.
5. To reassign someone to a new job or location thereof. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "transfer" and "to." They're transferring me to Berlin to head up their new European office. I started out as an editorial assistant, but they transferred me to the marketing department after my first year with the company.
6. To enroll someone in a new educational institution (after withdrawing them from a previous one). In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "transfer" and "to." Her parents want to transfer her to a fancy private elementary school, but I think she'd be better off in the public school with all her friends.
7. To cause or force one to move to a new prison (after taking them out of a previous one). In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "transfer" and "to." They agreed to transfer him to a minimum-security prison after he demonstrated good behavior for the first two years of his sentence.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

transfer someone or something (from some place) (to some place)

to move or relocate someone or something from one place to another. Her company transferred her from Houston to Los Angeles. We transferred the boxes from one place to another.

transfer someone or something to someone

to reassign someone or something to someone. I transferred my secretary to Joel, who can get along with almost anyone. Ann transferred her car registration to her sister.
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transfer something (from someone) (to someone else)

to reassign something from one person to another. I have to transfer ownership of this car to my daughter. The title of the car was transferred from me to someone else.

transfer to something

to have oneself reassigned to something. I am transferring to the accounting department. Andy wanted to transfer to a different school.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

celestial transfer

n. death. (Hospital, cruel, jocular word play.) He’s circling the drain. Almost ready for a celestial transfer.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • celestial transfer
  • transfer to
  • transfer to (someone, something, or some place)
  • stick or twist
  • switch (someone or something) through (to someone or something)
  • switch through
  • change of pace
  • a change of pace
  • request (one) to (do something)
  • tap up
References in periodicals archive
Generally 18 or earlier death, however, for any such transfer, the custodianship may be extended to a later age, but not beyond 21.
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Finally, the preamble states that the proposed regulations are meant to clarify that the transfer of property pursuant to the exercise, release or lapse of a GPA created in a grandfathered GSTT-exempt trust is not a "transfer under the trust" but a transfer by the person holding the power at the time the exercise, release or lapse becomes effective.
TC upholds GSTT Regs
"As a seller, your attorney will now get immediate confirmation of the filing and processing of transfer documents and fees, and as a buyer, you are protected from liability," explains Bill Baron, president of TitleVest.
TitleVest's new e-tax feature helps clients keep up with their finances
* Approximately 70 percent of respondents believe transfer pricing documentation is more important today than two years ago.
New markets pose growing challenge
Also, the Court rejected all of the FLP's alleged business purposes and found that the transfer of assets did not qualify for the exception as a bona fide sale.
FLP litigation: have Strangi and Bongard provided clarification, guidance on FLPs?
De Los Santos and Wright (1989) described the community college transfer function as a linear relationship between 2-year and 4-year colleges, designed to assist traditional transfer students in experiencing a seamless transfer from the community college to the university of the student's choice.
Keeping students informed of the transfer process
Gen Bob Wood spoke about the potential of technology transfer authority on April 5 during the command's 2005 Industry Symposium in Portsmouth, Va.
U.S. Joint Forces Command public affairs (May 10, 2005): new technology transfer authority helps put transformation on the fast track
In DANAMI-2, it was just shy of 2 hours, including the 55-minute delay associated with transfer.
A matter of time: Should most hospitals send away heart attack patients?
However, in this case, the $60,000 transfer from the IRA of Cohen's ex-husband was due to the division of the IRA ordered by the divorce decree.
Is division of an IRA a taxable event?
Chancellor Joel Klein even addressed the bad rap that NCLB transfer students were getting in an e-mail to the city's 1,200 principals that fall (2003).
Who got the raw deal in Gotham? The kids or New York Times readers?
On behalf of the Toronto Chapter of Tax Executives Institute, I am pleased to provide comments on the proposed changes to Regulation 1013 of the Ontario Retail Sales Tax Act modernizing the rules in respect of transfers of assets between related corporations and partnerships.
Ontario Retail Sales Act: transfer of assets between related corporations and partnership rules: September 20, 2004
[Lifts and transfer equipment will be discussed elsewhere.]
It's a wash: safeguarding the resident and yourself during the bathing process
By using market prices to control transfer pricing, every division is able to show profits, not just the final division in the chain of transfers.
Using transfer pricing in decision making. (Nuts and Bolts of Business)
Double transfer speed: Doubles the transfer rate across the SCSI bus to a burst rate of 320MB/sec, allowing higher transfer rates across the SCSI bus and increasing the disk drive saturation point.
In step with the times: new features speed Ultra320 SCSI. (From the SCSI Expert)
Under Section 205.2-Definitions, a new heading 2(k) Preauthorized Electronic Fund Transfer, and a new paragraph 1.
FINAL RULE--AMENDMENT TO REGULATION E