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transaction

Syllabification: (trans·ac·tion)

Definition of transaction

an instance of buying or selling something; a business deal:in an ordinary commercial transaction a delivery date is essential
the action of conducting business.
an exchange or interaction between people:intellectual transactions in the classroom
(transactions) published reports of proceedings at the meetings of a learned society.
an input message to a computer system that must be dealt with as a single unit of work.

Derivatives

late Middle English (as a term in Roman law): from late Latin transactio(n-), from transigere 'drive through' (see transact)

Definition of transaction in the British & World English dictionary

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