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Word entry · 8 letters

handover

Best crossword clue

"Transfer of control"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhændˌoʊvɚ/Part of speech nounSorted adehnorvStarts with HEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2A3N4D5O6V7E8R

Definitions

  1. act of relinquishing property or authority etc

Word origin

Deverbal from hand over.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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