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At the end of the year, worker gets transfer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decant

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'transfer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'at the end of the year worker' is the wordplay.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'the end of' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'ends' mean this).
'the year' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of year).
'worker' becomes 'cant' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'date' with its middle taken out is 'de'.
'de' put next to 'cant' is 'DECANT'.

'gets' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for decant that I've seen before include "Gradually pour from one container to another" , "Pour wine from bottle to table jug" , "Pour from bottle into table receptacle" , "Pour wine from bottle into table vessel" , "Pour wine from one container to another to remove the sediment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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