transaction

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French transaccion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin transactio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænˈzækʃən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

transaction (plural transactions)

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

   The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.

2. A deal or business agreement. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. 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. (finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
5. (computing) 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).
6. (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society

Related terms

• transact
• transactional
• transactive

Translations

act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans

• Arabic: صَفْقَة (ar) f (ṣafqa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 處理／处理 (zh), 处理 (zh) (chǔlǐ)

• Danish: forretning (da) c
• Finnish: liiketoimi (fi), transaktio (fi)
• Galician: transacción (gl) f
• Georgian: საქმის წარმოება (sakmis c̣armoeba), საქმიანი ოპერაციების წარმოება (sakmiani oṗeraciebis c̣armoeba), მორიგება (morigeba), გარიგება (garigeba)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Geschäftsabwicklung f, Geschäftsdurchführung f
• Greek: συναλλαγή (el) f (synallagí), διενέργεια (el) f (dienérgeia), διεξαγωγή (el) f (diexagogí), δοσοληψία (el) f (dosolipsía)
• Japanese: 処理 (ja) (しょり, shori)
• Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ)
• Maori: tauwhitinga
• Portuguese: transação (pt) f
• Romanian: afacere (ro) f
• Russian: сде́лка (ru) f (sdélka)
• Slovak: transakcia

deal or business agreement

• Arabic: مُعَامِلَة f (muʕāmila)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì), 買賣／买卖 (zh) (mǎimài), 买卖 (zh) (mǎimài)

• Danish: overenskomst (da) c
• Finnish: liiketoimi (fi)
• Georgian: გარიგება (garigeba), სავაჭრო ოპერაცია (savač̣ro oṗeracia)
• German: Geschäft (de) n, Geschäftsabschluss m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: συναλλαγή (el) f (synallagí)
• Japanese: 取引 (ja) (とりひき, torihiki), 取り引き (ja) (とりひき, torihiki)
• Korean: 거래 (ko) (georae)
• Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ)
• Portuguese: transação (pt) f
• Romanian: afacere (ro) f, transacție f, operație comercială f
• Russian: сде́лка (ru) f (sdélka)
• Slovak: transakcia

exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買賣／买卖 (zh) (mǎimài), 买卖 (zh) (mǎimài)

• Danish: transaktion c
• Finnish: vuorovaikutus (fi)
• Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia), ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) (common misspelling)
• German: Transaktion (de) f
• Greek: δοσοληψία (el) f (dosolipsía)
• Japanese: 取引 (ja) (とりひき, torihiki), 取り引き (ja) (とりひき, torihiki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: transaksjon m

  Nynorsk: transaksjon m

• Portuguese: transação (pt) f
• Romanian: transacție f
• Russian: сде́лка (ru) f (sdélka)
• Slovak: transakcia

finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì)

• Danish: transaktion c, postering (da) c
• Finnish: rahansiirto, transaktio (fi)
• Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia), ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) (common misspelling)
• German: Transaktion (de) f
• Greek: συναλλαγή (el) f (synallagí)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: tranzakció (hu)
• Japanese: 取引 (ja) (とりひき, torihiki), 取り引き (ja) (とりひき, torihiki)
• Portuguese: transação (pt) f
• Romanian: transacție f
• Russian: прово́дка (ru) f (provódka), транза́кция (ru) f (tranzákcija)
• Slovak: transakcia, prevod
• Swedish: transaktion (sv) c, överföring (sv) c

computing: atomic operation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì)

• Czech: transakce (cs) f
• Danish: transaktion c
• Finnish: transaktio (fi), tapahtuma (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Transaktion (de) f
• Japanese: トランザクション (toranzakushon)
• Portuguese: transação (pt) f
• Russian: транза́кция (ru) f (tranzákcija)
• Slovak: transakcia

finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交易 (zh) (jiāoyì)

• Danish: transaktion c
• Finnish: transaktio (fi), rahansiirto
• Georgian: ტრანსაქცია (ṭransakcia), ტრანზაქცია (ṭranzakcia) (common misspelling)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Transaktion (de) f
• Greek: δοσοληψία (el) f (dosolipsía)
• Japanese: 振替 (ja) (ふりかえ, furikae), 振り替え (ふりかえ, furikae)
• Malayalam: ഇടപാട് (ml) (iṭapāṭŭ)
• Russian: опера́ция обме́на f (operácija obména), транза́кция (ru) f (tranzákcija)
• Slovak: transakcia

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} transactie (nl)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} transazione (it)
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 거래 (geo rae)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} transaksjon
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transacción (es) f

See also

• piece of the action

Anagrams

• incantators

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin transactio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.zak.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

transaction f (plural transactions)

1. transaction (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “transaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.