HANDOVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of relinquishing property or authority etc

Example:

the handover of occupied territory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("handover" is a kind of...):

relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)

Derivation:

hand over (to surrender someone or something to another)

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