transactional

From transaction +‎ -al.

transactional (comparative more transactional, superlative most transactional)

Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.
- 2014, Tanya Bondarouk, Shared Services as a New Organizational Form, →ISBN, page 159:
  The primary function of the transactional HR SSC is the performance of the back- and front-office functions and processes through deployment of the operational service delivery capabilities.
(psychology, sociology) Based on value derived from transactions rather than on morals, ethics, or principles; pragmatic or amoral rather than moral.
- 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN‎:
  Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about this.

of, pertaining to or involving transactions

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