transaction
noun
Simple meaning
An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
tɹænˈzækʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
A deal or business agreement.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
Used this way, transaction is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “No transactions are possible without him.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Exchange
Atomic
Transacting
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Inflected forms
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A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
Compound terms
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A computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task.
A party of people taking a role in legal proceedings.
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A broader form of use immunity that also protects the witness from any prosecution brought about relating to transactions to which they gave testimony.
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