Transacted

Examples

• Buying and selling was transacted by means of money in England then as well as now. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A great deal of business was transacted in this short period. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• And now suppose this Repast, the solid part of it, transacted; and the first bottle over. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is by means of the modern elevator that the business of a whole town may be transacted under a single roof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I beg your pardon, Mr Twemlow; you see I am acquainted with the nature of the affairs that are transacted here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This important business having been transacted, Mr. Weller the elder proceeded to open that, on which he had summoned his son. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This business transacted, I turned my face, on my own account, to Little Britain. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Weller having transacted a similar piece of business on his own account, they got into the cart. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A more honorable man never transacted business. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He transacted the business of the day apart from her; he went out, she knew not whither. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• His business with Mr Fledgeby will very soon be transacted, and then you can go up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What does matter is a circumstance that occurred when Mr. Godfrey had transacted his business. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Unwonted silence reigned in the house, the members spoke in whispers, and the ordinary business was transacted with celerity and quietness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Well, he's a man that I transacted some business with, last time I was at Natchez, said Mr. Shelby. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He transacted public business with distaste, and hastened from it to the solitude which was at once his bane and relief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• What business he transacted there he kept to himself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Editor: Olaf