handover

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Examples

“The emergency regulations ordinance, created by British authorities to break⟳ up port strikes in 1922, had not been used for over half a century, and never since the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule⟳ in 1997.”

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

“Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal⟳ or a fight⟳, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.”

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