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hand·ing over
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passage, handing overnoun
the act of passing something to another person
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handing over
Handing over, in general terms, refers to the act of transferring responsibility, control, possession or any other rights of a particular object, property, task, duty, or role from one individual, entity or authority to another. This action usually involves formal procedures or protocols and is common in numerous areas such as business, law, real estate and more.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of handing over in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of handing over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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The leaders of the tech firms that have become too powerful for the comfort of Xi and Our Party are put under pressure, as the monopoly of power across the board by The Party can not be allowed to be challenged, hence, they individually take actions to reassure The Party and Xi that they will not do so, by handing over the corporate leadership to protégés.
He was recruited by the CIA and fulfilled its tasks, collecting and handing over information classified as state secrets for three years in exchange for material reward.
No benefit is so great that it is worth handing over the financial future of our city.
People are just handing over information left and right in order to get signed up so they can go to caucus for Mr. Trump.
I think they understand who the malign actor is here and I think they'll see all the countries in the region, including the United States, as truly trying to help them, there's a deep recognition that this is a years and years long problem almost exclusively the result of Maduro handing over the keys to the country to Cuba, and that's not the guy who you want being part of the conversation about how to move democracy forward.
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