Wiktionary
n. (context sports English) The signing of a player without paying a fee to another club.
Wikipedia
In professional association football, a free transfer, also known as a Bosman transfer, involves a professional association football club releasing a player when the player's contract has expired or made available just before the end of the contract.
A free transfer is a term used in public transportation, it refers to allowing a rider to switch from one vehicle to another without paying an additional fare. This can be done by having both vehicles stop within the same fare control area, by issuing the rider a special ticket (also called a "free transfer") or by using an electronic smartcard system programmed to allow such transfers.
Free transfer has the following meanings:
- Free transfer (public transit), the ability to transfer between two transit lines for free
- Free transfer (association football), the release of a player from a team at the expiration of the contract
Usage examples of "free transfer".
It was the first trouble-free transfer the boy had had at the Sime Center, and for Digen it was both thrilling and satisfying, a vicarious sharing almost as good as having his own transfer.
To them, progress depended on the free transfer of information and ideas.
He was given a free transfer at the end of the 90/91 season, to Cambridge United.
And even though the barriers subsequently might fall again, he would be bound to prevent any free transfer.
There was the bus that came in at the end of the platform by the turnstiles, free transfer from and to the subway.