transaction

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trăn-zăk'shən, IPA^(key): /tɹænˈzækʃən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

transaction (plural transactions)

1. The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

   The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.

2. A deal or business agreement. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

   I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls.

4. (finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
5. (computing) 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).
6. (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society.
7. (transactional analysis) A social interaction.

Derived terms

• bed-and-breakfast transaction
• e-transaction
• microtransaction
• personal transaction
• posttransaction
• pretransaction
• subtransaction
• supertransaction
• transactional
• transactionalism
• transactionalization
• transactionally
• transactionary
• transaction block
• transaction cost
• transaction data
• transaction journal
• transactionless
• transaction time
• transaction utility

Derived terms

Related terms

• transact
• transactive
• transactor

Translations

act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans

Arabic: صَفْقَة (ar) f (ṣafqa) Bulgarian: сде́лка (bg) f (sdélka) Chinese: Mandarin: 處理 / 处理 (zh) (chǔlǐ) Danish: forretning (da) c Finnish: transaktio (fi), liiketapahtuma (fi) Galician: transacción (gl) f Georgian: საქმის წარმოება (sakmis c̣armoeba), საქმიანი ოპერაციების წარმოება (sakmiani oṗeraciebis c̣armoeba), მორიგება (morigeba), გარიგება (garigeba) German: Geschäftsabwicklung f, Geschäftsdurchführung f Greek: συναλλαγή (el) f (synallagí), διενέργεια (el) f (dienérgeia), διεξαγωγή (el) f (diexagogí), δοσοληψία (el) f (dosolipsía) Hebrew: עִסְקָה (he) Indonesian: transaksi (id) Japanese: 処理 (ja) (しょり, shori) Korean: 처리(處理) (ko) (cheori) Malay: urus niaga Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ) Maori: tauwhitinga, hokotanga Portuguese: transação (pt) f Romanian: afacere (ro) f Russian: сде́лка (ru) f (sdélka) Sicilian: tranzazziuni f Slovak: transakcia f

deal or business agreement

Arabic: مُعَامَلَة f (muʕāmala) Belarusian: уго́да f (uhóda), здзе́лка f (zdzjélka) Bulgarian: сде́лка (bg) f (sdélka) Chinese: Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì), 買賣 / 买卖 (zh) (mǎimài) Danish: overenskomst (da) c Finnish: liiketoimi (fi) Georgian: გარიგება (garigeba), სავაჭრო ოპერაცია (savač̣ro oṗeracia) German: Geschäft (de) n, Geschäftsabschluss m Greek: συναλλαγή (el) f (synallagí) Japanese: 取引 (ja) (とりひき, torihiki), 取り引き (ja) (とりひき, torihiki), 売買 (ja) (ば​いばい, baibai) Korean: 거래(去來) (ko) (georae), 매매(賣買) (ko) (maemae) Malay: urus niaga Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ) Maori: hokotanga Polish: transakcja (pl) f Portuguese: transação (pt) f Romanian: afacere (ro) f, transacție f, operație comercială f Russian: сде́лка (ru) f (sdélka) Sicilian: tranzazziuni f Slovak: transakcia f Ukrainian: уго́да f (uhóda)

exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

Bulgarian: размя́на (bg) f (razmjána) Chinese: Mandarin: 買賣 / 买卖 (zh) (mǎimài) Danish: transaktion c Finnish: vuorovaikutus (fi) Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia), ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) (common misspelling) German: Transaktion (de) f Greek: δοσοληψία (el) f (dosolipsía) Japanese: 取引 (ja) (とりひき, torihiki), 取り引き (ja) (とりひき, torihiki) Korean: 거래(去來) (ko) (georae) Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ) Maori: hokotanga, tauwhitinga Middle English: warisoun Norwegian: Bokmål: transaksjon m Nynorsk: transaksjon m Polish: transakcja (pl) f Portuguese: transação (pt) f Romanian: transacție f Russian: сде́лка (ru) f (sdélka) Sicilian: tranzazziuni f, scanciu m Slovak: transakcia f Spanish: transacción (es) f

finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account

Arabic: مُعَامَلَة f (muʕāmala) Belarusian: транза́кцыя f (tranzákcyja), апера́цыя f (apjerácyja) Bulgarian: транза́кция f (tranzákcija) Chinese: Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì) Czech: transakce (cs) f Danish: transaktion c, postering (da) c Finnish: rahansiirto, transaktio (fi) Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia), ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) (common misspelling) German: Transaktion (de) f Greek: συναλλαγή (el) f (synallagí) Hungarian: tranzakció (hu) Japanese: 取引 (ja) (とりひき, torihiki), 取り引き (ja) (とりひき, torihiki) Korean: 거래(去來) (ko) (georae) Maori: tauwhitinga moni Persian: تراکنش (fa) (tarâkoneš), معامله (fa) (mo'âmele) Polish: transakcja (pl) f Portuguese: transação (pt) f Romanian: transacție f Russian: прово́дка (ru) f (provódka), транза́кция (ru) f (tranzákcija), опера́ция (ru) f (operácija) Sicilian: tranzazziuni f Slovak: transakcia f, prevod m Swedish: transaktion (sv) c, överföring (sv) c Ukrainian: транза́кція (uk) f (tranzákcija), опера́ція f (operácija)

computing: atomic operation

Belarusian: транза́кцыя f (tranzákcyja) Bulgarian: транза́кция f (tranzákcija) Chinese: Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì), 事務 / 事务 (zh) (shìwù) Czech: transakce (cs) f Danish: transaktion c Finnish: transaktio (fi), tapahtuma (fi) German: Transaktion (de) f Japanese: トランザクション (ja) (toranzakushon) Korean: 트랜잭션 (teuraenjaeksyeon) Polish: transakcja (pl) f Portuguese: transação (pt) f Russian: транза́кция (ru) f (tranzákcija) Slovak: transakcia f Ukrainian: транза́кція (uk) f (tranzákcija)

finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer

Belarusian: транза́кцыя f (tranzákcyja) Bulgarian: транза́кция f (tranzákcija) Chinese: Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì), 轉賬 / 转账 (zh) (zhuǎnzhàng) Danish: transaktion c Finnish: transaktio (fi), rahansiirto Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia), ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) (common misspelling) German: Transaktion (de) f Greek: δοσοληψία (el) f (dosolipsía) Indonesian: transaksi (id) Japanese: 振替 (ja) (ふりかえ, furikae), 振り替え (ふりかえ, furikae) Malay: urus niaga Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ) Russian: опера́ция обме́на f (operácija obména), транза́кция (ru) f (tranzákcija) Sicilian: tranzazziuni f Slovak: transakcia f Ukrainian: транза́кція (uk) f (tranzákcija)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: (please verify) transactie (nl) Italian: (please verify) transazione (it) Norwegian: (please verify) transaksjon Spanish: (please verify) transacción (es) f

See also

• piece of the action

Anagrams

• incantators

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trānsactiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.zak.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

transaction f (plural transactions)

1. compromise, concession

   Near-synonyms: compromis, accommodement, concession

2. transaction

Derived terms

• transactionnel

Related terms

• transiger

Further reading

• “transaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.