transactional

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US/trænˈzækʃ(ə)nəl/

adjective

Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivetransactional (comparative more transactional, superlative most transactional)

comparative more transactional · superlative most transactional

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about this.

Origin

  1. Englishtransaction
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishtransactional

From transaction + -al.

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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
APA

transactional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transactional

MLA

“transactional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transactional. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transactional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transactional.

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