# give (transfer)

to make a piece go to others

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday_action  ·  Arena: emergence_lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication), [go](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-go.movement), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb)

**Through:** the piece moves from a holder to others, causing them to receive it

**Novel properties:**
- transferred ownership
- intentional release
- asymmetric exchange

## Examples
- In 2008, Iceland's Central Bank transferred 3.5 billion USD in reserves to the UK and Dutch governments to cover failed Icesave accounts. *(economics)*
- During mitosis, a parent cell gives one complete set of chromosomes to each daughter nucleus. *(biology)*
- The Linux 2.6 kernel allows processes to give memory access rights to other processes via shared memory segments. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [accessories](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-accessories.fashion) (L8)
- [bid](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bid.offer) (L9)
- [christmas](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-christmas.holiday) (L19)
- [credit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-credit.financial) (L12)
- [deal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-deal.transaction) (L14)
- [distribution](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-distribution.economic) (L10)
- [exchange](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exchange.trade) (L15)
- [gift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gift.present) (L18)
- [hosting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hosting.service) (L8)
- [let](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-let.permission) (L8)
- [loan](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-loan.financial) (L17)
- [market](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-market.economic) (L17)
- [offers](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-offers.proposal) (L8)
- [pay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pay.economic) (L16)
- [payment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-payment.economic) (L17)
- [present](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-present.gift) (L17)
- [provide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-provide.supply) (L8)
- [purchase](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-purchase.economic) (L17)
- [rental](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rental.economic) (L16)
- [sale](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sale.commercial) (L19)
- [sell](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sell.economic) (L17)
- [share](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-share.distribution) (L8)
- [submit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-submit.administrative) (L18)
- [transferred](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-transferred.exchange) (L8)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-give.transfer.json*  
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