DCHP-2

download DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• 1 v. — Finance, Administration

  transfer costs to a lower level of government.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — Download has been used in computer language since the 1970s (see OED-3, s.v. "download" v.). In Canada, the term has undergone semantic change and in certain contexts refers to the transfer of costs from a higher level of government to a lower one.
  See also COD-2. s.v. "download" (2), which is marked "Cdn".

  See also: upload  provincialization  self-government  three orders of government  

• 2 v. — in extended use, Administration

  transfer something from a higher to a lower level.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — Download can also refer to the transfer of other things, such as responsibility or authority, from a higher level of government to a lower one.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "download" (2), which is marked "Cdn".