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Transferable

Transferable \Trans*fer"a*ble\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. transf['e]rable.]

  1. Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.

  2. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by indorsement or other writing; capable of being transferred with no loss of value; as, the stocks of most public companies are transferable; some tickets are not transferable.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
transferable

1650s, from transfer (v.) + -able.

Wiktionary
transferable

a. able to be transferred

WordNet
transferable
  1. adj. capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another [syn: movable, moveable, transferrable, transportable]

  2. legally transferable to the ownership of another; "negotiable bonds" [syn: assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferrable]

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Usage examples of "transferable".

That principle might be transferable to men, since manual stimulation of the nipples causes a prolactin surge in men as well as in nonlac-tating women.

One of them showed some horrible green scaly reptilian figure ranting and raving about the Single Transferable Vote system.

I played a last game of license plate poker with Ryder, sketched a shelf design to reorganize Acura's closet (parking lot architects do have some transferable skills), and tried to come to terms with my regrets.