TRANSFER AGENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does transfer agent mean? 

• TRANSFER AGENT (noun)
  The noun TRANSFER AGENT has 1 sense:

1. an agency (usually a bank) that is appointed by a corporation to keep records of its stock and bond owners and to resolve problems about certificates

  Familiarity information: TRANSFER AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSFER AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agency (usually a bank) that is appointed by a corporation to keep records of its stock and bond owners and to resolve problems about certificates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("transfer agent" is a kind of...):

agency (a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties)