transact

verb

trans·act | \ tran-ˈzakt

, tran(t)-ˈsakt

transacted; transacting; transacts

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 on the Web

The interest occurs as an increasing number of vital social tasks are transacted online. — Quanta Magazine, "Hacker-Proof Code Confirmed," 20 Sep. 2016 And if customers use the version of Calibra that will be integrated with WhatsApp or Messenger, the people and businesses you’ve transacted with will all be fair game. — Sam Dean, latimes.com, "Why Facebook wants its own currency — and why that scares its critics," 18 June 2019 While super apps like China’s WeChat have successfully bundled chat services with payments, tech giants like Facebook and Google have struggled to convince Western consumers to transact via their message systems. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "Behold Libra, the global cryptocurrency masterminded by Facebook," 18 June 2019 That liability had been hanging over the firm and had raised questions about whether Kushner Cos. had the means to transact any large deals. — Peter Grant, WSJ, "Kushner Cos. Pays $1.1 Billion for Suburban Apartment Portfolio," 22 Feb. 2019 About 40% of the market is now traded on dark venues, where prices are not displayed and a subset of investors can transact privately with buyers or sellers. — Stacey Cunningham, WSJ, "We’re Suing the SEC to Protect the Stock Market," 14 Feb. 2019 Bitcoin, unveiled about 10 years ago by a person or people using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, is a digital currency that exists on a computer network that allows users to transact directly with each other, cutting out traditional middlemen. — Paul Vigna, WSJ, "Crypto Pioneer David Chaum Says He’s Built a Better Bitcoin," 19 Sep. 2018 Anonymity is evaporating as people transact on big, centralized exchanges that collect detailed user data—and provide it to government investigators. — Bradley Hope, WSJ, "The Man Who Solved Bitcoin’s Most Notorious Heist," 10 Aug. 2018 At the moment, both Chinese giants are hustling to find more ways for people to transact using their wallet and not the other’s. — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, "Worried About Big Tech? Chinese Giants Make America’s Look Tame," 31 May 2018

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