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transaction

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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
Noun
1. something that is transacted, esp. a business deal
2. transactions the records of the proceedings of a society etc.: an article on land use in the Niagara area taken from the `Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute'
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.transactiontransaction - 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 2. (plural) records, minutes, affairs, proceedings, goings-on (informal) annals, doings
Translations
transaction [trænˈzækʃən] ntransacción f; operación f;
cash transactions → transacciones al contado
transaction [trænˈzækʃən] ntransaction f;
transactions npl (= minutes) → actes mpl;
cash transaction → transaction au comptant
transaction [trænˈzækʃən] transact nGeschäft nt;
cash transaction transact → Bargeldtransaktion f
transaction [trænˈzækʃən] ntransazione f;
transactions npl (= minutes) → atti mpl;
cash transaction → operazione f in contanti


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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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