wire transfer

noun

: a transfer of funds (as from one bank account to another) by electronic or formerly by telegraphic means

… has steadily built alliances with financial-service providers … enabling it to offer services such as bargain-priced money orders and wire transfers.

—Wendy Zellner

Examples of wire transfer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition to the credit card usage, Phelps also allegedly transferred $7,000 from the victim's Capital One account to buy a motorcycle and made two other wire transfers of approximately $1,530 and $2,319 into her own account and her husband's. —Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025

Two years ago, the largest losses from scams involved wire transfers. —Bracey Harris, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025

Use Secure Payment Methods The FBI’s emphasis on using credit cards rather than gift cards or wire transfers reflects the protections built into credit card transactions. —Lars Daniel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024

Untraceable payment methods: Requests for payment via gift cards, cryptocurrency or wire transfers are major warning signs. —Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wire transfer

• entrepreneur
• restaurateur
• amateur
• connoisseur
• kieselguhr
• monseigneur
• procureur
• retransfer
• saboteur
• silencer
• voyageur
• birr