Meaning & use

handover

noun·Academic

The act of formally transferring control, responsibility, or possession of something to another person or group.

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The handover of the project files took most of the afternoon.

Hong Kong's handover to China took place in 1997.

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Written as one word for the noun; the related verb phrase is written as two words, 'hand over.'

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