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Definition of transact
transitive verb
1 : to carry to completion transact a sale
2 : to carry on the operation or management of : do transact business
intransitive verb
: to carry on business
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Examples of transact in a Sentence
We had some important business to transact with our distributors.
transact a real estate deal
Recent Examples of transact from the Web
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Bitcoin, like its predecessors, is simply a better way to transact online.
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In addition, Buckeye customers can transact business at other credit union that are part of a collaborative network, called SharedBranching.org.
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And not even personal dynamic power; more like economic power and cultural-politics power, and how things are transacted.
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Under Oklahoma law, political matters must be transacted using personal email accounts.
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Americans will be prohibited from transacting with those corporations, except for enumerated exemptions to, among other things, allow for commercial air and cruise travel and payments to private businesses, such as Airbnb rentals.
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Under Oklahoma law, political matters must be transacted using personal email accounts.
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That designation means that as of Thursday, the eight magistrates' assets in the U.S are frozen and people in the U.S. are prohibited from doing business or transacting with them.
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Indeed, no matter who had been elected president, the world beyond America's shores is a world to be transacted with, not transformed.
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Origin and Etymology of transact
Latin transactus, past participle of transigere to drive through, complete, transact, from trans- + agere to drive, do — more at agent
TRANSACT Defined for English Language Learners
transact
playDefinition of transact for English Language Learners
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: to do (business) with another person, company, etc.
TRANSACT Defined for Kids
Law Dictionary
transact
playLegal Definition of transact
1 : to carry on business
2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to settle a dispute by a transaction
transitive verb
1 : to carry to completion transact a sale
2 : to carry on the operation or management of transact business
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