transaction
Pronunciation: /tɹænˈzækʃən/
The English word “transaction” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
- A deal or business agreement.
- An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.; personal interaction.
- The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
- An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
- A record of the proceedings of a learned society.
- A social interaction.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.
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