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transaction

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • trăn-zăk'shən
  • /tɹænˈzækʃən/
  • /t͡ʃɹænˈzækʃən/
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  • rhymes with -ækʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AE0 N Z AE1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A deal or business agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.; personal interaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A record of the proceedings of a learned society.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A social interaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: transactional analysis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • no transactions are possible without him
  • he has always been honest is his dealings with me

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dealing, dealings

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: group action

Narrower terms: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism, affairs, operations, trading operations, transfer, transference, exchange, deal, trade, business deal, downtick, uptick, borrowing, rental, renting, Seward's Folly

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.

Across languages

Translations

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَفْقَة (ṣafqa) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Bulgarian: сде́лка (sdélka) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 處理 /处理 (chǔlǐ) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Danish: forretning — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Finnish: transaktio — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Finnish: liiketapahtuma — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Galician: transacción — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Georgian: საქმის წარმოება (sakmis c̣armoeba) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Georgian: საქმიანი ოპერაციების წარმოება (sakmiani oṗeraciebis c̣armoeba) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Georgian: მორიგება (morigeba) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Georgian: გარიგება (garigeba) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • German: Geschäftsabwicklung — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • German: Geschäftsdurchführung — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Greek: συναλλαγή (synallagí) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Greek: διενέργεια (dienérgeia) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Greek: διεξαγωγή (diexagogí) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Greek: δοσοληψία (dosolipsía) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Hebrew: עִסְקָה ('iská) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Indonesian: transaksi — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Japanese: 処理 (shori) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Korean: 처리 (cheori) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Malay: urus niaga — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (iṭapāṭŭ) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Māori: tauwhitinga — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Māori: hokotanga — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Portuguese: transação — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Romanian: afacere — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Sicilian: tranzazziuni — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Slovak: transakcia — act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
  • Amharic: መገበያየት (mägäbäyayät) — deal or business agreement
  • Arabic: مُعَامَلَة (muʕāmala) — deal or business agreement
  • Belarusian: уго́да (uhóda) — deal or business agreement
  • Belarusian: здзе́лка (zdzjélka) — deal or business agreement
  • Bulgarian: сде́лка (sdélka) — deal or business agreement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — deal or business agreement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 買賣 /买卖 (mǎimài) — deal or business agreement
  • Danish: overenskomst — deal or business agreement
  • Finnish: liiketoimi — deal or business agreement
  • Georgian: გარიგება (garigeba) — deal or business agreement
  • Georgian: სავაჭრო ოპერაცია (savač̣ro oṗeracia) — deal or business agreement
  • German: Geschäft — deal or business agreement
  • German: Geschäftsabschluss — deal or business agreement
  • Greek: συναλλαγή (synallagí) — deal or business agreement
  • Japanese: 取引 (torihiki) — deal or business agreement
  • Japanese: 取り引き (torihiki) — deal or business agreement
  • Japanese: 売買 (baibai) — deal or business agreement
  • Korean: 거래 (georae) — deal or business agreement
  • Korean: 매매 (maemae) — deal or business agreement
  • Malay: urus niaga — deal or business agreement
  • Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (iṭapāṭŭ) — deal or business agreement
  • Māori: hokotanga — deal or business agreement
  • Polish: transakcja — deal or business agreement
  • Portuguese: transação — deal or business agreement
  • Romanian: afacere — deal or business agreement
  • Romanian: transacție — deal or business agreement
  • Romanian: operație comercială — deal or business agreement
  • Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — deal or business agreement
  • Sicilian: tranzazziuni — deal or business agreement
  • Slovak: transakcia — deal or business agreement
  • Ukrainian: уго́да (uhóda) — deal or business agreement
  • Bulgarian: размя́на (razmjána) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 買賣 /买卖 (mǎimài) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Danish: transaktion — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Finnish: vuorovaikutus — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Georgian: ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • German: Transaktion — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Greek: δοσοληψία (dosolipsía) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Japanese: 取引 (torihiki) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Japanese: 取り引き (torihiki) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Korean: 거래 (georae) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (iṭapāṭŭ) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Māori: hokotanga — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Māori: tauwhitinga — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Middle English: warisoun — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transaksjon — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: transaksjon — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Polish: transakcja — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Portuguese: transação — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Romanian: transacție — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Sicilian: tranzazziuni — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Sicilian: scanciu — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Slovak: transakcia — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Spanish: transacción — exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • Albanian: transaksion — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Arabic: مُعَامَلَة (muʕāmala) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Armenian: տրանսակցիա (transakcʻia) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Azerbaijani: tranzaksiya — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Belarusian: транза́кцыя (tranzákcyja) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Belarusian: апера́цыя (apjerácyja) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Belarusian: апэра́цыя (aperácyja) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Bulgarian: транза́кция (tranzákcija) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Czech: transakce — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Danish: transaktion — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Danish: postering — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Dutch: transactie — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Estonian: operatsioon — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Estonian: transaktsioon — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Estonian: tehing — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Finnish: rahansiirto — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Finnish: transaktio — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • French: opération — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • French: transaction — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Georgian: ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • German: Transaktion — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Greek: συναλλαγή (synallagí) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Hungarian: tranzakció — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Italian: operazione — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Italian: transazione — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Japanese: 取引 (torihiki) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Japanese: 取り引き (torihiki) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Korean: 거래 (georae) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Lao: ທຸລະກໍາ (thu la kam) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Macedonian: трансакција (transakcija) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Māori: tauwhitinga moni — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transaksjon — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Iranian Persian: تَراکُنِش (tarâkoneš) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Iranian Persian: مُعامِلِه (mo'âmele) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Polish: transakcja — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Portuguese: transação — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Romanian: transacție — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Russian: прово́дка (provódka) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Russian: транза́кция (tranzákcija) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Russian: опера́ция (operácija) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Serbo-Croatian: транса̀кција — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Serbo-Croatian: transàkcija — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Sicilian: tranzazziuni — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Slovak: transakcia — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Slovak: prevod — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Slovene: transakcija — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Swedish: transaktion — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Swedish: överföring — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Tajik: муомала (muomala) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Tajik: муомила (muomila) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Tajik: транзаксия (tranzaksiya) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Tajik: трансаксия (transaksiya) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Tajik: оператсия (operatsiya) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Thai: ธุรกรรม (tú-rá-gam) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Turkish: işlem — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Ukrainian: транза́кція (tranzákcija) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Ukrainian: опера́ція (operácija) — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Uzbek: muomala — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Uzbek: operatsiya — finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
  • Belarusian: транза́кцыя (tranzákcyja) — computing: atomic operation
  • Bulgarian: транза́кция (tranzákcija) — computing: atomic operation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — computing: atomic operation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 事務 /事务 (shìwù) — computing: atomic operation
  • Czech: transakce — computing: atomic operation
  • Danish: transaktion — computing: atomic operation
  • Finnish: transaktio — computing: atomic operation
  • Finnish: tapahtuma — computing: atomic operation
  • German: Transaktion — computing: atomic operation
  • Japanese: トランザクション (toranzakushon) — computing: atomic operation
  • Korean: 트랜잭션 (teuraenjaeksyeon) — computing: atomic operation
  • Polish: transakcja — computing: atomic operation
  • Portuguese: transação — computing: atomic operation
  • Russian: транза́кция (tranzákcija) — computing: atomic operation
  • Slovak: transakcia — computing: atomic operation
  • Ukrainian: транза́кція (tranzákcija) — computing: atomic operation
  • Belarusian: транза́кцыя (tranzákcyja) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Bulgarian: транза́кция (tranzákcija) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉賬 /转账 (zhuǎnzhàng) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Danish: transaktion — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Finnish: transaktio — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Finnish: rahansiirto — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Georgian: ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • German: Transaktion — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Greek: δοσοληψία (dosolipsía) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Indonesian: transaksi — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Japanese: 振替 (furikae) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Japanese: 振り替え (furikae) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Malay: urus niaga — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (iṭapāṭŭ) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Russian: опера́ция обме́на (operácija obména) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Russian: транза́кция (tranzákcija) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Sicilian: tranzazziuni — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Slovak: transakcia — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
  • Ukrainian: транза́кція (tranzákcija) — finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
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