In psychology, the effect of having learned one activity on an individual's execution of other activities. Positive transfer occurs when a previously acquired skill enhances one's performance of a new one. Negative transfer occurs when the previously acquired skill impairs one's attempt to master the new one.

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• Call transfer
• Decal
• Electron transfer
• Jacoby transfer, a bidding device in contract bridge
• Knowledge transfer
• Language transfer, where native language grammar and pronunciation influence the learning and use of a second language
• Manhattan Transfer
• Population transfer
• Transfer (computing)
• Transfer (group theory)
• Transfer (football)
• Transfer function
• Transfer of learning
• Transfer (patent)
• Transfer (propaganda)
• Transfer (public transit), a ticket that allows a passenger to use multiple conveyances in a single trip
• Transfer (railway station), a railway station connecting two or more lines.
• Money transfer (disambiguation)
• Wire transfer
• Shipping, which is often referred to as "trade" in economic terminology