A voting system where each voter lists the candidates in order of preference and there is provision to transfer the votes of the less popular candidates and a proportion of the votes of candidates who are elected with more than a certain quota.

plural of single transferable vote

(law) A transaction fee (often relatively small in relation to the value of property) imposed on the transfer of title to property.

The movement of an employee from his/her current post to a different position without noticeable benefits.

A transferal of the current amount owing on one credit card to another one (ideally one charging a lower rate of interest)

(economics) The amount that a factor of production must be paid in order to prevent it from transferring to an alternative use.

(computing) A data transfer rate.

(mathematics) a mathematical representation of the relation between the input and output of a linear time-invariant system

The movement of (especially new) technology from one field or region to another, especially from a research institution to the marketplace in order to allow commercialization.

(space science) A period of time during which a spacecraft orbiting one celestial body can travel to a different body and enter orbit around it without excessive expenditure of fuel or reaction mass.