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transaction
- /tɹænˈzækʃən/
- /t͡ʃɹænˈzækʃən/
Rhymes with -ækʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.
noun transactions
- The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans). The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.
- A deal or business agreement.
- An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.; personal interaction. I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls.
- The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account. But also: all of the banking transactions you carry out, each phrase you dictate to Alexa, each scan of a UPS package en route to your door, every record of a COVID-19 PCR test in your Labcorp account, every bucket of wings you DoorDashed.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dealing, dealings, sale, exchange, purchase, trading, trade, turnover, dealer, mission, business, bargain, agreement, compromise, transact, deal
Translations
Every language
noun act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
| 한국어 | 처리 cheori |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 処理 shori |
| 中文 | 處理 /处理 chǔlǐ |
| Português | transação |
| Deutsch | Geschäftsabwicklung, Geschäftsdurchführung |
| Ελληνικά | συναλλαγή synallagí, διενέργεια dienérgeia, διεξαγωγή diexagogí, δοσοληψία dosolipsía |
| Română | afacere |
| Русский | сде́лка sdélka |
| العربية | صَفْقَة ṣafqa |
| עברית | עִסְקָה 'iská |
noun deal or business agreement
| 한국어 | 거래 georae, 매매 maemae |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 取引 torihiki, 取り引き torihiki, 売買 baibai |
| 中文 | 交易 jiāoyì, 買賣 /买卖 mǎimài |
| Português | transação |
| Deutsch | Geschäft, Geschäftsabschluss |
| Ελληνικά | συναλλαγή synallagí |
| Română | afacere, transacție, operație comercială |
| Русский | сде́лка sdélka |
| العربية | مُعَامَلَة muʕāmala |
noun exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
| Español | transacción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 거래 georae |
| 日本語 | 取引 torihiki, 取り引き torihiki |
| 中文 | 買賣 /买卖 mǎimài |
| Português | transação |
| Deutsch | Transaktion |
| Ελληνικά | δοσοληψία dosolipsía |
| Română | transacție |
| Русский | сде́лка sdélka |
noun finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
| 한국어 | 거래 georae |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 取引 torihiki, 取り引き torihiki |
| 中文 | 交易 jiāoyì |
| Português | transação |
| Français | opération, transaction |
| Deutsch | Transaktion |
| Italiano | operazione, transazione |
| Ελληνικά | συναλλαγή synallagí |
| Română | transacție |
| Русский | прово́дка provódka, транза́кция tranzákcija, опера́ция operácija |
| العربية | مُعَامَلَة muʕāmala |
noun finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
| 日本語 | 振替 furikae, 振り替え furikae |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 交易 jiāoyì, 轉賬 /转账 zhuǎnzhàng |
| Deutsch | Transaktion |
| Ελληνικά | δοσοληψία dosolipsía |
| Русский | опера́ция обме́на operácija obména, транза́кция tranzákcija |
noun computing: atomic operation
| 한국어 | 트랜잭션 teuraenjaeksyeon |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | トランザクション toranzakushon |
| 中文 | 交易 jiāoyì, 事務 /事务 shìwù |
| Português | transação |
| Deutsch | Transaktion |
| Русский | транза́кция tranzákcija |
Talk about this word "transaction." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/transaction. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. transaction. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/transaction "transaction." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/transaction.Cite this
@misc{transaction_2026,
title = {transaction},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/transaction},
urldate = {2026-11-05}
}
