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transactional

[ tran-sak-shuh-nuhl, -zak- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to the process of conducting business:
A leading authority on ethical issues in commercial practice, she has designed classes and materials to teach students transactional skills.
of or relating to personal or social interaction characterized by mutual influence and exchange:
The teacher questioned each pair of students in turn about the transactional nature of the role play—how their partner's statements or behavior shaped their own.
of or relating to an attitude in which personal interaction revolves around cost and benefit:
There is a shift toward a more transactional relationship between a synagogue and its congregants, where the focus is often on dues and program fees.

Sex, then, is not wholly experiential but at least partially transactional.

Open and transparent transactional markets also make it easier for sex workers to share information and vet potential clients.

That's the point of transactional politicians; they do transactions.

But, over time, it reduces our communications to their most basic and transactional.

Politics is often transactional in just this way, especially on issues of spending.

There was a rigid transactional probity, it seems to say; there was also a high tide of inspiration.

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