Transact
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌtɹænˈzækt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Transact is a verb meaning (transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform.
Meaning
(transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something.
- (intransitive) To conduct business.
- To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
Example Sentences
Since he understood that wherever business is conducted, those who transact it must dress accordingly, and that where men do not, business suffers, he judged it necessary to enact a strict dress code to reduce the bureaucracy to orderliness and obedience to the mayoral arm.
Therefore in hopes to defray ſome of the Charges he muſt be at, he bought a Sloop, loaded it with ſeveral ſorts of Goods, wherewith the Tinquineſe uſually trade to the neighbouring Iſlands, and putting fourteen Men on board, whereof three were of the Country, he appointed me Maſter of the Sloop, and gave me power to traffick for two Months, while he tranſacted his Affairs at Tonquin.
Word Forms
- transacts
- transacting
- transacted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include treat, negotiate, compromise, transaction, transfer, deal.
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