Meanings
nountransaction (plural transactions)
plural transactions
- The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.
- businessThe transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
But also: all of the banking transactions you carry out, each phrase you dictate to Alexa, each scan of a UPS package en route to your door, every record of a COVID-19 PCR test in your Labcorp account, every bucket of wings you DoorDashed.
2022 February 4, Ian Bogost, “The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2022 - computingAn atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
- especiallypluralA record of the proceedings of a learned society.
- transactional analysisA social interaction.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latintransactio
- Old Frenchtransaccion
- Middle Frenchtransaction
- Englishtransaction
Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَفْقَة, مُعَامَلَة
- صَفْقَة (ṣafqa)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- مُعَامَلَة (muʕāmala)deal or business agreement
- مُعَامَلَة (muʕāmala)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Bulgarian сде́лка, сде́лка
- сде́лка (sdélka)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- сде́лка (sdélka)deal or business agreement
- размя́на (razmjána)exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- транза́кция (tranzákcija)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- транза́кция (tranzákcija)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- транза́кция (tranzákcija)computing: atomic operation
Chinese Mandarin 處理 /处理, 交易
- 處理 /处理 (chǔlǐ)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- 交易 (jiāoyì)deal or business agreement
- 買賣 /买卖 (mǎimài)deal or business agreement
- 買賣 /买卖 (mǎimài)exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- 交易 (jiāoyì)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- 交易 (jiāoyì)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- 轉賬 /转账 (zhuǎnzhàng)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- 交易 (jiāoyì)computing: atomic operation
- 事務 /事务 (shìwù)computing: atomic operation
Czech transakce, transakce
- transakcefinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transakcecomputing: atomic operation
Danish forretning, overenskomst
- forretningact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- overenskomstdeal or business agreement
- transaktionexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- transaktionfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- posteringfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transaktionfinance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- transaktioncomputing: atomic operation
Dutch transactie
- transactiefinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Estonian operatsioon, transaktsioon
- operatsioonfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transaktsioonfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- tehingfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Finnish transaktio, liiketapahtuma
- transaktioact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- liiketapahtumaact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- liiketoimideal or business agreement
- vuorovaikutusexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- rahansiirtofinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transaktiofinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transaktiofinance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- rahansiirtofinance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- transaktiocomputing: atomic operation
- tapahtumacomputing: atomic operation
French opération, transaction
- opérationfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transactionfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
German Geschäftsabwicklung, Geschäftsdurchführung
- Geschäftsabwicklungact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- Geschäftsdurchführungact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- Geschäftdeal or business agreement
- Geschäftsabschlussdeal or business agreement
- Transaktionexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- Transaktionfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- Transaktionfinance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- Transaktioncomputing: atomic operation
Greek συναλλαγή, διενέργεια
- συναλλαγή (synallagí)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- διενέργεια (dienérgeia)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- διεξαγωγή (diexagogí)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- δοσοληψία (dosolipsía)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- συναλλαγή (synallagí)deal or business agreement
- δοσοληψία (dosolipsía)exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- συναλλαγή (synallagí)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- δοσοληψία (dosolipsía)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
Hebrew עִסְקָה
- עִסְקָה ('iská)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
Hungarian tranzakció
- tranzakciófinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Indonesian transaksi, transaksi
- transaksiact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- transaksifinance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
Italian operazione, transazione
- operazionefinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transazionefinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Japanese 処理, 取引
- 処理 (shori)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- 取引 (torihiki)deal or business agreement
- 取り引き (torihiki)deal or business agreement
- 売買 (baibai)deal or business agreement
- 取引 (torihiki)exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- 取り引き (torihiki)exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- 取引 (torihiki)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- 取り引き (torihiki)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- 振替 (furikae)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- 振り替え (furikae)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- トランザクション (toranzakushon)computing: atomic operation
Korean 처리, 거래
- 처리 (cheori)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- 거래 (georae)deal or business agreement
- 매매 (maemae)deal or business agreement
- 거래 (georae)exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- 거래 (georae)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- 트랜잭션 (teuraenjaeksyeon)computing: atomic operation
Malay urus niaga, urus niaga
- urus niagaact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- urus niagadeal or business agreement
- urus niagafinance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
Māori tauwhitinga, hokotanga
- tauwhitingaact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- hokotangaact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- hokotangadeal or business agreement
- hokotangaexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- tauwhitingaexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- tauwhitinga monifinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Norwegian Bokmål transaksjon, transaksjon
- transaksjonexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- transaksjonfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Polish transakcja, transakcja
- transakcjadeal or business agreement
- transakcjaexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- transakcjafinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transakcjacomputing: atomic operation
Portuguese transação, transação
- transaçãoact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- transaçãodeal or business agreement
- transaçãoexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- transaçãofinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transaçãocomputing: atomic operation
Romanian afacere, afacere
- afacereact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- afaceredeal or business agreement
- transacțiedeal or business agreement
- operație comercialădeal or business agreement
- transacțieexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- transacțiefinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Russian сде́лка, сде́лка
- сде́лка (sdélka)act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- сде́лка (sdélka)deal or business agreement
- сде́лка (sdélka)exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- прово́дка (provódka)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- транза́кция (tranzákcija)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- опера́ция (operácija)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- опера́ция обме́на (operácija obména)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- транза́кция (tranzákcija)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- транза́кция (tranzákcija)computing: atomic operation
Slovak transakcia, transakcia
- transakciaact of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans
- transakciadeal or business agreement
- transakciaexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- transakciafinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- prevodfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- transakciafinance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- transakciacomputing: atomic operation
Spanish transacción
- transacciónexchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
Swedish transaktion, överföring
- transaktionfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- överföringfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Thai ธุรกรรม
- ธุรกรรม (tú-rá-gam)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Turkish işlem
- işlemfinance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
Ukrainian уго́да, транза́кція
- уго́да (uhóda)deal or business agreement
- транза́кція (tranzákcija)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- опера́ція (operácija)finance: transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account
- транза́кція (tranzákcija)finance: economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
- транза́кція (tranzákcija)computing: atomic operation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with transaction
actionsatisfactioninteractionreactionattractionfractionextractiontractioncontractionfactiondistractionsubtractionrefractioninfractionredactionimpactiondetractionstupefactionaerifactionalternate actionassuefactionautoextractioncongelifractiondidaction
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
transaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transaction
MLA
“transaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transaction. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transaction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transaction.
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