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trans·ac·tion  (trn-skshn, -zk-)
n.
1. The act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
2. Something transacted, especially a business agreement or exchange.
3. Communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved; personal interaction: "a rich sense of the transaction between writer and reader" (William Zinsser).
4. transactions A record of business conducted at a meeting; proceedings.

trans·action·al adj.

transaction [trænˈzækʃən]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) something that is transacted, esp a business deal or negotiation
2. the act of transacting or the state of being transacted
3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) (plural) the published records of the proceedings of a society, conference, etc.
4. (Business / Commerce) (in business computing) the act of obtaining and paying for an item or service
5. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (in general computing) the transmission and processing of an item of data
transactional  adj
transactionally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.transaction - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)transaction - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"
group action - action taken by a group of people
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"
operations, trading operations - financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records
transference, transfer - transferring ownership
exchange - the act of giving something in return for something received; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"
business deal, deal, trade - a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"
downtick - a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction
uptick - a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction
borrowing - obtaining funds from a lender
renting, rental - the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)

transaction
noun
1. deal, matter, affair, negotiation, business, action, event, proceeding, enterprise, bargain, coup, undertaking, deed, occurrence plans to disclose a business transaction with British Telecommunications
2. conducting, negotiation, performance, handling, settling, conduct, organization, clinching, execution, thrashing out Entertaining facilitates the transaction of business.
plural noun
records, minutes, affairs, proceedings, goings-on (informal), annals, doings the transactions of the Metallurgical Society of Great Britain
Translations
transaction [trænˈzækʃən] N
1. (= deal) → operación f, transacción f
cash transactionsoperaciones fpl al contado
2. (= paperwork) → tramitación f
3. transactions (= records) [of society] → actas fpl, memorias fpl

transaction [trænˈzækʃən]
ntransaction f
cash transaction → transaction au comptant

transaction
n
(= act)Abwicklung f; (= deal)Abschluss m; transaction of businessGeschäftsbetrieb m; the bank will be closed for the transaction of business at 3 p.m.die Bank hat or ist ab 15.00 Uhr geschlossen
(= piece of business)Geschäft nt; (Fin, St Ex) → Transaktion f
transactions pl (of society)Sitzungsbericht m

transaction [trænˈzækʃn] n (business) → trattativa; (in bank) → operazione f, transazione f transactions npl (minutes) → atti mpl
cash transaction → operazione in contanti

transaction مُعَاملة obchodní transakce transaktion Transaktion συναλλαγή transacción liiketoimi transaction transakcija operazione 取引 거래 transactie transaksjon transakcja transação, transacção сделка transaktion การติดต่อทางธุรกิจ การดำเนินการทางธุรกิจ işlem giao dịch 交易


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In a commercial transaction of the retail order much depends on the seller's engaging and amiable aspect.
It only now occurred to me that my legal advisers were, as a matter of course, the proper persons to represent me in the matter--with this additional advantage, that they could keep my share in the transaction a secret even from Van Brandt himself.
Forty thousand pounds was a trifling transaction to Bulpit Brothers.
 
 
 
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