noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

   "The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier."

2. 2
   the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) wordnet
3. 3
   A deal or business agreement.
4. 4
   An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

   "I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls."

5. 5
   The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.

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6. 6
   An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
7. 7
   A record of the proceedings of a learned society. especially, plural
8. 8
   A social interaction.

Synonyms

All synonyms

accomplished factaccomplishmentaccordachievementactacta

Example

More examples

"Tony went to Boston for the purpose of carrying out an important business transaction."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio.

Related phrases

bed-and-breakfast transactione-transactionpersonal transactiontransaction blocktransaction costtransaction datatransaction journaltransaction timetransaction utilitydatabase transactionpiece of action

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