"balance transfer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balance transfers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} balance transfer (plural balance transfers)
  1. A transferal of the current amount owing on one credit card to another one (ideally one charging a lower rate of interest)
    Sense id: en-balance_transfer-en-noun-DtKhHzyX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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