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   transaction

   /trɑːnˈzakʃ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. an instance of buying or selling something: "in an ordinary commercial transaction a delivery date is essential" Similar dealbusinessagreementundertakingaffairarrangementbargainnegotiationtreatycontractpactcompactbondsettlementproceedings
   • ▪ the action of conducting business: "the transaction of government business" Similar negotiationconductconductingcarrying outperformanceexecutionenactmentmanagementhandlingorganizationprosecutionworking outthrashing outhammering outadministrationoperationsettlingconclusionclinchingdischargeaccomplishmentagreementsettlement
   • ▪ an exchange or interaction between people: "intellectual transactions in the classroom"
   • 2. published reports of proceedings at the meetings of a learned society. Similar proceedingsaffairsconcernsdealingsmattersactivitiesrecordsreportpublicationjournalminutesannalslogaccountchronicleinformal:doingsgoings-on
   • 3. an input message to a computer system dealt with as a single unit of work: "transaction processing"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a term in Roman Law): from late Latin transactio(n-), from transigere ‘drive through’ (see transact).

   Derivatives

   • 1. transactionally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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