transaction

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /tɹænˈzækʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #10143

Meanings

1

noun
An instance of buying or selling something; a business deal.

The bank keeps a record of every transaction on your account.
2

noun
A transfer of money into or out of an account.

You can view your recent transactions online.
3

noun
An operation in a database that either completes fully or not at all.

The database rolled back the transaction after the error.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an instance of buying or... dealingdealings

Word family

Forms transactions

Derived forms e-transactionmicrotransactionposttransactionpretransactionsubtransactionsupertransactiontransactionaltransactionalismtransactionalizationtransactionallytransactionarytransactionless

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Phrases (1)

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transaction file
a computer file containing records used for a particular data-processing operation

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Transaction entered English in the late Middle Ages and belongs to the family of Latin agere, meaning “to do” or “to drive”; its underlying meaning is given as “something driven across or through.”

Etymology

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

*terh₂- Proto-Indo-European transaccion Old French transactio la-lat

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Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# transaction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /tɹænˈzækʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 10143

## Meanings
1. An instance of buying or selling something; a business deal.
2. A transfer of money into or out of an account.
3. An operation in a database that either completes fully or not at all.

## Examples
- The bank keeps a record of every transaction on your account.
- You can view your recent transactions online.
- The database rolled back the transaction after the error.

## Derived Forms
- e-transaction
- microtransaction
- posttransaction
- pretransaction
- subtransaction
- supertransaction
- transactional
- transactionalism
- transactionalization
- transactionally
- transactionary
- transactionless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *terh₂-
- Root: transaccion
- Root: transactio

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

## AI Etymology
Transaction is borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. The historical chain includes *terh₂- (Proto-Indo-European), transaccion (Old French), and transactio (Late Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as e-transaction, microtransaction, posttransaction, and pretransaction. In present use it covers an instance of buying or selling something; a business deal, a transfer of money into or out of an account, and an operation in a database that either completes fully or not at all.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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