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HANDOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handover mean? 

HANDOVER (noun)
  The noun HANDOVER has 1 sense:

1. act of relinquishing property or authority etcplay

  Familiarity information: HANDOVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HANDOVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of relinquishing property or authority etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the handover of occupied territory

Hypernyms ("handover" is a kind of...):

relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)

Derivation:

hand over (to surrender someone or something to another)


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