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hand·ing over

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. passage, handing overnoun

    the act of passing something to another person

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  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of handing over in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of handing over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of handing over in a Sentence

  1. Josep Rull:

    We are very accustomed to this kind of action being taken for political reasons, but we have no problem handing over the information. Everything here is clear, clean and transparent.

  2. Richard Morrison:

    The Fed is lending to banks and strategically purchasing assets, not handing over bailout payments to anyone. AOCs comparison to student loan payment is inapt. Todays liquidity injection is not the bank or corporate equivalent of someones loans getting paid off by taxpayers, the short-term lending the Fed engages in is quickly repaid by the financial institutions in question, even when, as in this case, the Fed has decided to dramatically scale up certain categories of lending in response to a market downturn.

  3. Jeff Holt:

    It's important to remember that TDFs are not a guarantee of positive return over the short-term, the most important part for a retirement investor is to really understand what they are getting - that they are handing over their assets to a fund manager who creates a diversified portfolio for them.

  4. Steve Tsang:

    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.

  5. Melissa Klein:

    This is intimidation and bullying - that’s exactly what it is, They are trying to strong-arm me into handing over $135,000 to the two girls and if I win on appeal - they will never pay me back.

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