e-transfer

noun

An electronic transfer of funds.

“Could you e-transfer me this month's rent?”

Meanings

noune-transfer (countable and uncountable, plural e-transfers)

plural e-transfers · alternative etransfer

  1. countableuncountablebusinessAn electronic transfer of funds.
verbe-transfer (third-person singular simple present e-transfers, present participle e-transferring, simple past and past participle e-transferred)

present singular third person e-transfers · participle present e-transferring · participle past e-transferred · past e-transferred · alternative etransfer

  1. CanadabusinessTo transfer funds electronically between bank accounts.

    Could you e-transfer me this month's rent?

    3 more examples

    Shahnaz also e-transferred the bulk of her savings to Minu, which she had gathered bit by bit over the years and put aside for Tasneem.

    2021, Silmy Abdullah, Home of the Floating Lily, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 177

    After e-transferring the money, the prospective tenant went to the home on Bowen Road that he believed he had rented and was surprised to find that it appeared to be occupied, with several vehicles in the driveway.

    2022 July 22, Jeff Bell, “Nanaimo man loses thousands in rental scam”, in Times Colonist, Victoria, B.C.: Glacier Media Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2022

    In the second part of our test, senders e-transferred $5 to accounts that had autodeposit set up.

    2023 March 6, Erica Johnson, Kimberly Ivany, “TD Bank customer lost $480 after e-transfer cancelled — despite having autodeposit”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 04 May 2024

Origin

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APA

e-transfer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-transfer

MLA

“e-transfer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-transfer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-transfer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-transfer.

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