transaction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

   no transactions are possible without him

2. 2
   noun

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

   The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.

3. 3
   noun

   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. 4
   noun

   A deal or business agreement.

5. 5
   noun

   The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.

6. 6
   noun

   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).

7. 7
   noun

   A record of the proceedings of a learned society.

8. 8
   noun

   A social interaction.

Etymology

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