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[tran-sak-shuhn, -zak-]

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noun

the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.

an instance or process of transacting something.

something that is transacted, especially a business agreement.

Psychology. an interaction of an individual with one or more other persons, especially as influenced by their assumed relational roles of parent, child, or adult.

transactions, the published records of the proceedings, as papers read, addresses delivered, or discussions, at the meetings of a learned society or the like.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin trānsāctiōn- (stem of trānsāctiō) completion, transaction. See transact, -ion

Related forms

trans·ac·tion·al, adjective

trans·ac·tion·al·ly, adverb

pre·trans·ac·tion, noun

Synonyms
2. deal, bargain, enterprise, venture, affair.

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The takeover will be the biggest such transaction in the oil industry in several years.

Another week, another transaction involving a for-profit online college.

His central insight was that firms exist because going to the market all the time can impose heavy transaction costs.

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The takeover will be the biggest such transaction in the oil industry in several years.

Another week, another transaction involving a for-profit online college.

His central insight was that firms exist because going to the market all the time can impose heavy transaction costs.

Each transaction is sent through a bank verification process.

These smart markets will reduce the transaction costs to near zero.

And if they don't, it doesn't matter: the transaction still works with a single card.

Transaction data is downloaded from all of your banks each time you log in to the site.

Probably, this would raise the transaction costs to the point where it would not be worthwhile.

Shane gave me personal attention to make sure the transaction was perfect.

The new model could be employed to help regulators lower transaction costs and detect irregular market behavior.

It was a simple retail transaction and the heavy credit checking work went on back at home on the customer's computer.

Yet everyone involved in the transaction benefits except the donor.

In that case you can use the economic principles of elasticity and transaction costs otherwise.

Taking all advantages from a transaction while pushing disadvantages connected to it to another group means exploiting them.

The intruder will, however, be able to see account balance and transaction history information.

Search for a keyword, and up pops how to attend to transaction reports, for example.

Its auditors judged that if the transaction went ahead the company would become technically insolvent.

Part of the success of this transaction is to cut costs.

The transaction is a collaboration of lies and self-deceptions.

One side of the transaction has more information than the other.

After a short discussion, then attempting the transaction again in the computer, a gift card was created with the correct amount.

It is a business transaction whether it is a prescribed medication or not.

However, a judge recently denied the regulator's request to halt the transaction.

Sybase was the first to use it for transaction processing.

It was the first such transaction that did not involve an insurer.

The result should be transaction times of less than four seconds, the company said.

The legendary investor says he did not have detailed knowledge of the transaction.

Square will make money by taking a cut of every transaction processed.

Now, they approve the purchase and tack on a hefty penalty for each transaction.

Then, the sovereignty nation can purpose the regulator to monitor the transaction or settle on the disputes over the region.

When you submit information for a credit card transaction through our subscription.

Denver's budgetary woes were made worse by a complex transaction that went sour in the financial crisis.

There is constant talk of financial transaction taxes.

Not that the store owner is ever quite sure how much a credit card transaction will cost.

People briefed on the transaction cautioned that negotiations had not yet been completed and that the talks could still collapse.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of this year.

There should be some sort of transaction cost to grade review.

Each transaction will be recorded at two servers for redundancy.

Congress has never before mandated that a citizen enter into an economic transaction with a private.

Thinking of buildings as single structures that demand energy from the grid in a one-way transaction is outmoded.

Which brings us back to that discreet transaction between two people in private.

They'd rather wrap up fulfillment of their needs in a clean, straightforward transaction and get back to their lives.

Sony stopped off in a side-street and completed a small transaction.

The transaction is subject to the approval of the boards and shareholders of both companies.

When the gains made by winners in an economic transaction equal the losses suffered by the losers.

Database management systems often must optimize the initial storage of high volume transaction data.

Transcripts of surveillance recordings revealed a stark business transaction.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter.

The accounting rule governing this is type of transaction is already quite clear.

The card-reading case hugs the iPhone and an accompanying application runs the transaction.

Deciding which to go for partly depends on costs, such as transaction fees, and market liquidity.

We met in a corner of the hallway and finalized the transaction with three young men who were leaving.

Aiello said the company had elected to waive all software and transaction fees.

His first business transaction was selling eggs for his mother, taking a small commission.

The worker doesn't look up your name on some hidden system and accept or reject the transaction for no discernable.

The transaction costs would be lower if you could add the offset with the click of a button and eliminate the guesswork.

Transaction and opportunity costs are well-researched topics.

Now, working within a company often imposes higher transaction costs than running a project online.

They model each transaction under a variety of high-stress situations and only accept those that show no losses in all scenarios.

Once you have completed the transaction in your browser, you step back to the app and hit refresh.

The business line was more focused on getting a transaction approved than on identifying the risks in what it was proposing.

Consider transaction costs when buying and selling accommodations.

As businesses, all criminal enterprises suffer from what economists call high transaction costs.

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World English Dictionary

transaction (trænˈzækʃən)

—n
1.	something that is transacted, esp a business deal or negotiation
2.	the act of transacting or the state of being transacted
3.	(plural) the published records of the proceedings of a society, conference, etc
4.	(in business computing) the act of obtaining and paying for an item or service
5.	(in general computing) the transmission and processing of an item of data

trans'actional

—*adj*

trans'actionally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

transaction

c.1460, "the adjustment of a dispute," from M.Fr. transaction, from L. transactionem (nom. transactio) "an agreement, accomplishment," from transactus, pp. of transigere "accomplish, drive or carry through," from trans- "through" + agere "to drive" (see act). Meaning "a piece

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of business" is attested from 1647. The verb transact is first recorded 1584.

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Computing Dictionary

transaction definition

A unit of interaction with a DBMS or similar system. It must be treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions. See atomic.

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