n.
- an instance of buying or selling.
▸the action of conducting business.
- an exchange or interaction between people.
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(transactions)
published reports of proceedings at the meetings of a learned society.
- an input message to a computer system dealt with as a single unit of work.
Derivative
- transact v.
- transactional adj.
- transactionally adv.
- transactor n.
Etymology
ME (as a term in Roman Law): from late L. transactio(n-), from transigere ‘drive through’.