Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
2. A deal or business agreement.
3. An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
4. (finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
5. (computing) 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).
6. (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society.
7. (transactional analysis) A social interaction.

Example Sentences

The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.

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

Word Forms

• transactions

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When Should You Use Transaction?

Use transaction when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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