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transaction.

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

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɹænˈzækʃən//t͡ʃɹænˈzækʃən/
  1. The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

    The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.
  2. A deal or business agreement.

  3. An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.; personal interaction.

    I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls.
  4. The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.

  5. 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. A record of the proceedings of a learned society.

    especially · plural
  7. A social interaction.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.

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