Definition of transaction
1a : something transacted; especially : an exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds electronic transactionsb transactions plural : the often published record of the meeting of a society or association
2a : an act, process, or instance of transactingb : a communicative action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally affect or influence each other
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Examples of transaction in a Sentence
The entire transaction took place over the phone.
a record of your recent banking transactions
the transaction of business over the phone
Recent Examples of transaction from the Web
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To keep order, every bitcoin transaction is encrypted and recorded in a database called a blockchain.
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Inhofe’s spokesperson told the Intercept that the transaction was made by the senator’s financial adviser without his consultation.
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That’s forcing such transactions offshore, where lenders are trading the riyal at weaker rates, the people said, on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
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The transaction is also continent on the successful sale of Cabela's financial unit to Synovus Financial of Georgia and Capital One Financial.
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The financial threat this time around looks lower than in the case of Sudan, when America’s authorities withdrew the bank’s access to dollar clearing for some transactions for a year.
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TransactionsTo make room for Baez, RHP Adrian De Horta was transferred from Fort Wayne to Lake Elsinore.
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In his debut novel, Stephen Florida, Gabe Habash examines the dark side of this transaction through his eponymous character, an intensely competitive young wrestler at a college in North Dakota.
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An hour after the door opened, at least 80 transactions had been recorded.
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First Known Use of transaction
1632
Other Business Terms
TRANSACTION Defined for English Language Learners
transaction
playDefinition of transaction for English Language Learners
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: a business deal : an occurrence in which goods, services, or money are passed from one person, account, etc., to another
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: the act or process of doing business with another person, company, etc. : the act or process of transacting business
TRANSACTION Defined for Kids
transaction
playDefinition of transaction for Students
1 : a business deal
2 transactions plural : the record of the meeting of a club or organization
Law Dictionary
transaction
playLegal Definition of transaction
1 : something transacted; especially : an exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds
2a : an act, process, or instance of transacting b : an action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally affect or influence each other
3 in the civil law of Louisiana : an onerous contract that is intended by the parties to prevent or end actual or possible litigation and in which they make reciprocal concessions — compare accord, satisfaction
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