as in sale
the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price
if you want to return any merchandise, make sure you keep the receipt for the initial sales transaction
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Recent Examples of transaction
The transaction, announced Thursday along with the company’s third-quarter results, builds on a $17 billion spectrum deal between the companies last September.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
And Nexstar isn’t done with potential merger and acquisition activity after the unveiling of its Tegna transaction.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Comcast is in the process of splitting off most of NBCUniversal’s cable networks into a new company, Versant, a transaction expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
And Nexstar isn’t done with potential merger and acquisition activity after the unveiling of its Tegna transaction.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Comcast is in the process of splitting off most of NBCUniversal’s cable networks into a new company, Versant, a transaction expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transaction
sale
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Sotheby’s estimated nearly a third of its watch sales in 2023 went to buyers age 30 and under, giving them priceless social currency.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Unitedrobotsrealestate,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Transaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transaction. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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