Usually means: Transfer of responsibility or control.
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  1. handover: Merriam-Webster
  2. handover: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. handover: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. handover: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. handover: Wiktionary
  8. handover: Infoplease Dictionary
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  10. HanDover, Handover (album), Handover (disambiguation), Handover (political), Handover: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. handover: Rhymezone
  12. handover: FreeDictionary.org
  13. handover: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. handover: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. handover: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. handover: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Handover: Sports Definitions

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(Note: See handovering as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
noun:  The information passed on in such a case.
noun:  (cellular telecommunications) the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another channel.
noun:  (satellite telecommunications) the process of transferring satellite control responsibility from one earth station to another without loss or interruption of service.
noun:  The transfer of goods from the dealer to the purchaser, often of illegal goods.

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