The handover of occupied territory.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The handover is complete and Chase now officially runs the WaMu credit card operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Convert And Combine Your WaMu And Chase Cards - The Consumerist] Reference

The day I looked at Newzinger for Google Canada News, the tag handover was larger than all others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Internet News: Online News Archives] Reference

My drunk handover is an excellent job, all boxed off, with a couple of cast iron Section 20s on the back of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Friday Night In Out-Patients « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

The second thing wrong with a short-term handover is that any amount of money for a war that is wrong, is also wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Direction to Disaster] Reference

Maybe their earnout/consulting handover is completed.    From Wordnik.com.  [YCombinator Could Have Hated My Idea But Loved Me. Oops I Meant the Other Way Around.] Reference

The White House said the handover was another example of security improving.    From Wordnik.com.  [SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines] Reference

He says the handover is the final step in Senegal's separation from its former colonial master.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

The handover, which is subject to final negotiations and approvals, is expected to take place next April.    From Wordnik.com.  [sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily] Reference

The handover will be the second time in a decade that power switches between one of the country's two rival parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference

The handover was a frosty one as Alexander loathes Hayden who he considers to be an incompetent blowhard and the men rarely speak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

While the U.S. has hyped up the "handover" to the Iraqis, it is largely a show.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeremy Scahill: Iraq's "National Sovereignty Day" is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype] Reference

Of course, bad as things are since the "handover" took place, it's hard to say they've gotten worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference

He's so right in correcting the timescale for the unspoken 'handover', from some over the hill date, to something very much closer.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

To me 'handover' suggests that there has been a major change in government in some country, but in this case it was a sports story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Internet News: Online News Archives] Reference

Jo Duckworth's school in Lancashire has a strict 'handover' policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sigmund, Carl and Alfred] Reference

Despite those (and other) realities, the 'handover' took place today.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Ills] Reference

Rubin doesn't touch on the 'handover' yesterday in Iraq in her article.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Ills] Reference

October 1st the US conducted the 'handover' to the puppet government in Baghdad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mikey Likes It!] Reference

Today was 'handover' for the "Awakeing" Council (also known as Sawha and "Sons of Iraq").    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Ills] Reference

Before and since the "handover" to Iraq's government, the Green Zone has been overrun with "advisers" from Big Oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Margolis] Reference

Gina Chon (Wall St. Journal's Baghdad Life) evaluates the changes in the Green Zone since the January 1st 'handover' to Iraqis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Ills] Reference

Multitechnology support handles test cases, such as handover and cell-selection procedures, in which multiple standards are in play.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The handover will be a very smooth one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

100ms call handover technology to minimise call costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The most recent articles from V3.co.uk] Reference

'handover', "We wanted it to be postponed but the decision had already been made by the government and we cannot change it.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude] Reference

In the final days before the handover, outgoing Gov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Painting The Town Red] Reference

Currently sold out, but may be reissued before the handover.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's Hot In Hong Kong] Reference

And Bremer is keen to distance the CPA from Chalabi before the June 30 handover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crime And Politics] Reference

Chan left Hong Kong in 1997 because of the handover -- and his own mounting success.    From Wordnik.com.  [His Passion Is Passion] Reference

But he says his emphasis during the first five years after the handover "will be on stability.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man In The Middle] Reference

In those days just before the handover, the Chinese government promised 50 years without change.    From Wordnik.com.  ['It's Nostalgia In The Future'] Reference

The Defense chief's focus is on U.S. control, efficiency and a fast handover to Iraqi self-government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our New Civil War] Reference

And when the Chinese Army raised China's flag at the handover, did they wear mandarin coats and velvet slippers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killing Off Kipling] Reference

Take perhaps 1997's most dramatic moment: the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China at midnight on June 30.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killing Off Kipling] Reference

Since the handover on July 1, 1997, Hong Kong has faced its share of problems, not the least of which was the Asian financial turmoil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Constant policy flip-flops have driven Tung's approval ratings down from a high of 60 percent soon after the handover to only 32 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wages Of Spin] Reference