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
Those transactions are still shaking out, while some of the propoertis have gone vacant and have lost access to utilities.
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Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Millennials and Gen Z now account for 36% of total card member spending—on par with Gen X—and are making 25% more transactions on average than older customers.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 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, 17 Oct. 2025
The startup has developed systems to help brands and retailers, like JD Sports Canada, to identify abusive shopping patterns, stop fraudulent transactions and reward loyal, legitimate customers.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Other people are banned from engaging in financial transactions with them.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
The six-county region had 14,476 sales in the month, according to Attom’s tracking of closed transactions involving houses and condos, both existing and newly constructed.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The African Continental Free Trade Area, which became the world’s largest free trade area in 2018, helped to push the value of intra-African transactions to $81 billion in 2023 from $69 billion in 2019.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Soon, bitcoin too will be used to lend, borrow and settle transactions at scale, generating yield for lenders, and making global settlement more seamless.
—Luke Xie, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Millennials and Gen Z now account for 36% of total card member spending—on par with Gen X—and are making 25% more transactions on average than older customers.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 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, 17 Oct. 2025
The startup has developed systems to help brands and retailers, like JD Sports Canada, to identify abusive shopping patterns, stop fraudulent transactions and reward loyal, legitimate customers.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Other people are banned from engaging in financial transactions with them.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
The six-county region had 14,476 sales in the month, according to Attom’s tracking of closed transactions involving houses and condos, both existing and newly constructed.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The African Continental Free Trade Area, which became the world’s largest free trade area in 2018, helped to push the value of intra-African transactions to $81 billion in 2023 from $69 billion in 2019.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Soon, bitcoin too will be used to lend, borrow and settle transactions at scale, generating yield for lenders, and making global settlement more seamless.
—Luke Xie, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transactions
sales
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While Lores has revived HP’s fortunes since becoming CEO in 2019 and continues to grow PC sales, concerns about tariffs and weakness in the printing business have cut 15% from the stock price this year.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, there are red flags of stress in auto lending for lower credit buyers, including the recent bankruptcy of subprime auto lender Tricolor — but sales and pricing of new vehicles through the third quarter remained far better than many had expected.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Transactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transactions. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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