transaction
//tɹænˈzækʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- transactions
Definitions
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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3652
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio.
By surface analysis, trans- + action.