(Canada, finance) To transfer funds electronically between bank accounts.
(Canada, finance) To transfer funds electronically between bank accounts.
Could you e-transfer me this month's rent?
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(US) An electronic system that allows state welfare departments to issue benefits using a magnetically encoded payment card.
(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
(US, economics) The Federal Reserve Wire Network, a real-time gross settlement funds transfer system operated by the US Federal Reserve Banks.
(finance) An electronic transfer of funds.
"e-transfer" means: An electronic transfer of funds.. This is technical or formal vocabulary, more likely to appear in school work, news or a particular profession than in peer chat. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your child uses the term, it is usually a sign of curiosity about a subject area. A short follow-up question about where they came across it is usually all that is needed.
"e-transfer" means: An electronic transfer of funds.. Register: formal or technical English, standard in its specialist domain (law, medicine, science, finance, etc.). Gloss the term with a plain synonym when writing for a general audience. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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