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HANDOVER
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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)