transactions

plural of transaction
as in sales
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 transactions Another reason cash transactions are common in Miami-Dade is because foreign nationals represent a significant portion of home buyers. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 The majority of global transactions are conducted in US dollars, including key commodities like oil and gold. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Institutions also need to determine how transactions are authorized, settled and governed when multiple jurisdictions are involved. — Maghnus Mareneck, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The basic model of competitive markets which one finds in an introductory economics textbook—where independent firms engage in cold arm’s-length transactions motivated by unadulterated self-interest—does not apply to the industry. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 That can include testing trailers and thumbnails, identifying audience segments across social platforms and helping clients optimize campaigns toward outcomes beyond clicks, including viewing, retention and transactions. — Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 As a result of the fine, Treasury said that Bank of America will work with a third party to report any further transactions to FinCEN that had gone undetected. — Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026 These fiber-optic lines carry everything from cloud traffic and financial transactions to video calls between continents. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 That deserves scrutiny beyond a list of successful transactions. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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sales
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  • Vasilescu says Converse could meet the same fate, given its recent performance and the parent company’s need to focus on fixing other ailing parts of its business, like sales in China and its Jordan brand.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • That’s about a quarter of the school’s annual athletics budget, according to data in Sportico’s college finance database, and roughly two years’ worth of football ticket sales.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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“Transactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transactions. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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