verb
Meaning 1
To do, carry through, conduct or perform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
transact
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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trăn-zăkt'
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/ˌtɹænˈzækt/
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rhymes with -ækt
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CMU ARPABET: T R AE0 N Z AE1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To carry over, hand over or transfer something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To conduct business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
conduct business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- transact with foreign governments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interact
Narrower terms: deal, sell, trade, turn over, bank
History
Etymology
Back-formation from transaction, or else from Latin trānsāctus, past participle of trānsigere.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: правя (pravja) — to conduct or perform an action
- Bulgarian: извършвам (izvǎršvam) — to conduct or perform an action
- Finnish: tehdä — to conduct or perform an action
- Finnish: suorittaa — to conduct or perform an action
- Spanish: tramitar — to conduct or perform an action
- Bulgarian: предавам (predavam) — to carry over, hand over, transfer
- Finnish: siirtää — to carry over, hand over, transfer
- Bulgarian: сключвам сделка (sključvam sdelka) — to conduct business
- Finnish: toimia — to conduct business
- Ancient Greek: χρηματίζω (khrēmatízō) — to conduct business
- Spanish: transar — to conduct business
- Spanish: transarse — to conduct business
- Finnish: vaihtaa — to exchange or trade
- French: transacter — to exchange or trade
- Spanish: transaccionar — to exchange or trade