different between takeaway vs transfer

English

Alternative forms

• take-away

Etymology

From take +? away.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?k?we?/
• enPR: t?k??w?

Adjective

takeaway (not comparable)

1. (chiefly Britain, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

   I couldn't be bothered cooking, so I bought a takeaway curry.

Translations

Synonyms

• takeout (U.S., Canada, & the Philippines)
• to carry-out, to-go (Scotland and some dialects in the U.S. & Canada)
• takeaways (New Zeland)
• grab and go

Antonyms

• eat-in (British)
• for here (North America)
• have here (New Zealand)

Descendants

• Italian: takeaway

Noun

takeaway (plural takeaways)

1. (chiefly Britain, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.

   If you're hungry, there's a takeaway just around the corner.

   • 2005, Amsterdam, Time Out, page 129,

     The wonderful, and deeply filling, world of Dutch broodjes (sandwiches) has its greatest champion in this takeaway, one of the very few that still features proper homemade meat and fish salads in your bun, rather than the almost ubiquitous factory prepared product that?s taken over the sandwich market.

   • 2006, Mary Fitzpatrick, Tom Parkinson, Nick Ray, East Africa, Lonely Planet, page 479,

     Some of the cheapest places to eat in Kampala are the ubiquitous takeaways that dot the city centre.

2. (chiefly Britain, Australia and New Zealand) A meal bought to be eaten elsewhere.

   I fancy an Indian takeaway tonight.

   • 2008, Annalisa Rellie, Tricia Hayne, Turks & Caicos Islands, Bradt Travel Guides, page 99,

     Good Italian cuisine & friendly service. Also does takeaways, including pizza.

   • 2008, The Complete Residents? Guide: Los Angeles, Explorer Publishing, page 315,

     Pizza and Thai food are popular delivery and takeaway choices, but there are a number of options.

3. (golf) The preliminary part of a golfer?s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.
   • 2001, David Chmiel, Kevin Morris, Golf Past 50, page 40,

     One drill to help you work on the long, low takeaway is to place a tee, a coin, or even another ball just beyond your back foot (whatever you choose should be slightly inside your toe to promote a slightly inside swing path).

   • 2005, Paul G. Schempp, Peter Mattsson, Golf: Steps To Success, page 55,

     Make sure your hands and shoulders work together during the takeaway.

   • 2007, John Andrisani, Golfweek?s 101 Winning Golf Tips, unnumbered page,

     Tiger Woods, like other golfing greats, employs a smooth, evenly paced takeaway action.

4. (US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.
5. (frequently in the plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.
   • 2008, Carol A. E. Bentley, Beat The Recession: Proven Marketing Tactics, Volume 1, page 363,

     For example, one of the big takeaways for myself (even though I know better) is when I don?t review my goals daily I get sucked into what?s currently happening and easily get distracted from what?s most important.

   • 2010, Scott Monty, Foreword, Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, page xvi,

     A strength of this book is Qualman?s ability to take complex issues and break them into easily digestible takeaways through the use of real world examples and analogies.

Usage notes

In sense “idea from presentation etc.”, frequently used in plural to refer to all important ideas contained therein; compare insights, lessons learned, learnings, etc.

Synonyms

• (restaurant selling food to be eaten elsewhere): carryout (Scotland, US), takeout (chiefly North America)
• (food to be eaten elsewhere): carryout (Scotland, US), takeout (chiefly North America)
• (preparatory backward swing of a golf club):
• (concession during negotiation):
• (idea to be remembered and considered): sound bite

Translations

See also

• carry out
• take away, take-away
• take out, takeout

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English takeaway.

Adjective

takeaway (invariable)

1. takeaway (of food) to be eaten off the premises

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsfer? (“I bear across”).

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t???ns?f??/, /t?ænz?f??/
  • (US) enPR: tr?nsfûr?, IPA^(key): /t?æns?f?/, /?t?ænsf?/
• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t???nsf??/, /?t?ænzf??/
  • (US) enPR: 'tr?nsfûr, IPA^(key): /?t?ænsf?/

Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)

1. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

   to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion

2. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

   to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone

3. (transport) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

4. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
5. (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.

   The title to land is transferred by deed.

Synonyms

• (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
• (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
• (to be or become transferred):

Derived terms

• transferee
• transferor

Translations

Noun

transfer (countable and uncountable, plural transfers)

1. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
2. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
3. (transport) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

4. (countable) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus, allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
5. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
6. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
7. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
8. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
9. (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
10. (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.

Usage notes

• In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition, which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.

Synonyms

• (act): transferal, transference
• (instance): transferal
• (college sports): transfer student

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: trans?fer

Noun

transfer m or n (plural transfers, diminutive transfertje n)

1. transfer

Synonyms

• overdracht

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Noun

transfer m (invariable)

1. transport
2. transfer (tourist, e.g. airport to hotel)

Latin

Verb

tr?nsfer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of tr?nsfer?

Romanian

Etymology

From French transfert.

Noun

transfer n (plural transferuri)

1. transfer

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?nsfe?r/
• Hyphenation: trans?fer

Noun

trànsf?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. transfer
2. transport

Declension

Spanish

Noun

transfer m (plural transferes)

1. transfer (between transport)

Turkish

Etymology

From French transfert

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: trans?fer

Noun

transfer (definite accusative transferi, plural transferler)

1. transfer

Declension

References

• transfer in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu