transfer agent

1. 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

   Broaderagency

Questions about transfer agent

What does transfer agent mean?

transfer agent means "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".

Is transfer agent a common word?

transfer agent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.