massive
The war caused a massive transfer of population.

efficient, smooth, successful
the smooth transfer of power to the new government

net
There has been a net transfer of lower-paid people away from the inner cities.

permanent
Her boss recommended a permanent transfer overseas.

direct
Employees are paid by direct transfer to a bank account.

data, information, knowledge
land, property
wealth (esp. AmE)
population
resource
technology
file
digital, electronic, telegraphic (BrE)
balance (esp. BrE), bank, capital, cash, credit, financial, money, share (esp. BrE), stock
embryo, gene
charge, electron, energy, heat, nuclear, thermal

do, effect (formal), make
I did a file transfer from one PC to another.
Only the owner can make a transfer of goods.

allow, facilitate

occur, take place

rate, speed
data transfer rates of 6.4 GB per second

process
student
The law schools accept a large number of second-year transfer students.

transfer between
the transfer of property between private buyers

transfer from, transfer of
the transfer of power/sovereignty

transfer to

free
permanent

give sb
His club have given him a free transfer.

list, market, system
fee, payment, price
budget, kitty
deadline, window
deal

carefully
directly
Skills cannot be transferred directly from a trainer to a trainee.

easily
Data is easily transferred electronically.

successfully
simply
immediately
quickly, rapidly
gradually
eventually
temporarily
formally
Sovereignty was formally transferred on December 27.

automatically
electronically
abroad (esp. BrE), overseas
Assets can be transferred overseas.

back, out

across, between
Can the disease be transferred across species?

from, into
She transferred the gravy into a gravy boat.

onto, out of, to
through, via

Transfer is used with these nouns as the object:
allegiance, asset, attention, authority, batter, call, control, credit, data, embryo, file, fund, information, inmate, knowledge, lease, loyalty, money, ownership, patient, responsibility, sovereignty, stress, wealth, weight