Meanings
comparative more transactional · superlative most transactional
- Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.
The primary function of the transactional HR SSC is the performance of the back- and front-office functions and processes through deployment of the operational service delivery capabilities.
2014, Tanya Bondarouk, Shared Services as a New Organizational Form, →ISBN, page 159 - human sciencesBased on value derived from transactions rather than on morals, ethics, or principles; pragmatic or amoral rather than moral.
Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023 - Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about this.
Origin
- Englishtransaction
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishtransactional
From transaction + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech transakční
- transakčníof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Finnish liiketoiminnallinen
- liiketoiminnallinenof, pertaining to or involving transactions
French transactionnel
- transactionnelof, pertaining to or involving transactions
German transaktional
- transaktionalof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Greek συναλλακτικός
- συναλλακτικός (synallaktikós)of, pertaining to or involving transactions
Indonesian transaksional
- transaksionalof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Latin trānsāctiōnālis
- trānsāctiōnālisof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Polish transakcyjny
- transakcyjnyof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Portuguese transacional
- transacionalof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Russian трансактный
- трансактный (transaktnyj)of, pertaining to or involving transactions
Slovak transakčný
- transakčnýof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Spanish transaccional
- transaccionalof, pertaining to or involving transactions
Cite this entry
transactional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transactional
“transactional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transactional. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transactional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transactional.
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