transaction

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trans·ac·tion | \ tran-ˈzak-shən

, tran(t)-ˈsak- \

Definition of transaction

1a : something transacted especially : an exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds electronic transactions

b transactions plural : the often published record of the meeting of a society or association

2a : an act, process, or instance of transacting

b : a communicative action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally affect or influence each other

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The entire transaction took place over the phone. a record of your recent banking transactions the transaction of business over the phone

Recent Examples on the Web The transaction, which MaxLinear called transformational, would diversify its business and double its potential market to $15 billion. — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2022 In almost every significant commercial real estate transaction, banks and other institutions like bridge lenders require an individual with a sizable net worth to guarantee the loan. — Feras Moussa, Forbes, 3 May 2022 That transaction could yield its investors millions of dollars more in tax deductions—as well as scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service. — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 2 May 2022 Users must pay gas fees as part of the price for any Ethereum transaction, including that of NFTs. — Taylor Locke, Fortune, 2 May 2022 The purchase of the California house was separate from a 2021 transaction in which BLM transferred money to a Canadian nonprofit – run by the wife of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors – to buy a $3 million house. — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2022 That transaction removed Washington from the QB market and transformed the Colts from dealers to shoppers. — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022 That transaction, with a French socialite, Isabelle de Rouvre, ended in litigation when de Rouvre sued Andrew for failing to pay the last installment of the purchase. — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2022 In the case, the DC attorney general is alleging that the use of the inaugural committee's funds for that transaction, and for payments to the Trump Hotel that Racine describes as inflated, is a violation of DC's laws for non-profit spending. — Tierney Sneed, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022 See More

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13 May 2022

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transaction

noun

trans·ac·tion | \ tran-ˈzak-shən

Kids Definition of transaction

1 : a business deal

2 transactions plural : the record of the meeting of a club or organization

transaction

noun

trans·ac·tion | \ tran-ˈzak-shən, -ˈsak-

Legal 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