Noun
transfer agent (plural transfer agents)
(law) An entity designated by a publicly-traded corporation to keep track of the ownership of the corporation's stocks and bonds
Among brokerages and mutual fund companies, a large amount of mutual fund share transactions take place among intermediaries as opposed to shares being sold and redeemed directly with the transfer agent of the fund. Source: Internet
Design By design Fetchmail's only means of delivering messages is by submitting them to the local MTA/ Message transfer agent ; delivering directly to mail folders such as maildir is not supported. Source: Internet
Book-entry means the company's transfer agent maintains the shares on the owner's behalf without the need for physical share certificates. Source: Internet
Operation A message transfer agent receives mail from either another MTA, a mail submission agent (MSA), or a mail user agent (MUA). Source: Internet