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
According to Edmunds data, leases made up 70% of EV transactions in July, compared with 10% for the same month three years ago before the loophole went into place.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Now, government ethics experts and Democratic lawmakers are criticizing the family’s venture, citing potential conflicts of interest stemming from the Trumps’ regulatory influence and possible insider transactions.
—semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Welcome to Sportico’s transactions wire, a weekly rundown of personnel, partnerships, products and purchases across the sports business industry.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The experimental setup handled thousands of transactions among up to 1,800 parties, just a fraction of the scale in real clearinghouses but enough to show how future versions of the hardware could make a difference.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
The two countries have also increasingly settled transactions in rubles and yuan with Putin announcing that 90% of the two countries transactions are being settled in those currencies as of December 2024, sidestepping Western financial systems.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Still, there haven’t been many recent transactions in the neighborhood and none of such a large and lavishly renovated building, so there really aren’t relevant sales to compare it to.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
The same $20,000 and 200 transactions threshold will apply for 2026.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The Dallas Cowboys made eight transactions Wednesday, including claiming cornerbacks Reddy Steward and Trikweze Bridges off the NFL waiver wire following roster cutdown day Tuesday across the league.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
Susan Tompor, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Now, government ethics experts and Democratic lawmakers are criticizing the family’s venture, citing potential conflicts of interest stemming from the Trumps’ regulatory influence and possible insider transactions.
—semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Welcome to Sportico’s transactions wire, a weekly rundown of personnel, partnerships, products and purchases across the sports business industry.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The experimental setup handled thousands of transactions among up to 1,800 parties, just a fraction of the scale in real clearinghouses but enough to show how future versions of the hardware could make a difference.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
The two countries have also increasingly settled transactions in rubles and yuan with Putin announcing that 90% of the two countries transactions are being settled in those currencies as of December 2024, sidestepping Western financial systems.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Still, there haven’t been many recent transactions in the neighborhood and none of such a large and lavishly renovated building, so there really aren’t relevant sales to compare it to.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
The same $20,000 and 200 transactions threshold will apply for 2026.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The Dallas Cowboys made eight transactions Wednesday, including claiming cornerbacks Reddy Steward and Trikweze Bridges off the NFL waiver wire following roster cutdown day Tuesday across the league.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transactions
sales
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Arsenal will be disappointed, however, with their inability to balance the books with more high-value sales.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The 2020 legislation also created penalties for using a bot to get around an online sales platform’s cap on ticket sales and then reselling those tickets at inflated prices.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Transactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transactions. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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