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/ˈhændˌoʊvɚ/ · noun
The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another..
The emergency regulations ordinance, created by British authorities to break up port strikes in 1922, had not been used for over half a century, and never since the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997.
The daytime team got an urgent handover from the afterhours department.
Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.
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Handover means The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another..
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The emergency regulations ordinance, created by British authorities to break up port strikes in 1922, had not been used for over half a century, and never since the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997.
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