Words / B2

tran-ZAKSHUN/trænˈzækʃn/

A transaction is an act of buying, selling, or moving money: a card transaction; financial transactions; complete a transaction. Deal is wider; purchase is the buy. Transact is the rarer verb. Do not call a hug a transaction unless you are using economic metaphor. Audits sample transactions.

Meaning

An act of buying, selling, or moving money.

Examples

• “Every card transaction left a digital record for the audit.”
• “Property transactions slowed when rates rose.”

Good to know

a card / financial / property transaction; complete a transaction. Wider: deal. Verb: transact. Audit trail. Not a non-money social act (unless metaphor).

Near in meaning

deal

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