Transaction
[træn'zækʃ(ə)n;trɑːn-;-'sæk-] or [træn'zækʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); 'no transactions are possible without him'; 'he has always been honest is his dealings with me'.
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Definition
(n.) The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.
(n.) That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.
(n.) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Doing, performance, management, negotiation.[2]. Affair, proceeding, occurrence, incident, event, procedure.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Business, affair, negotiation, occurrence, performance, proceeding, action
ANT:Nonperformance, desistance, mistransaction, mismanagement, suspension,postponement, adjournment, non-transaction
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Examples
- She knew me better of course than to take the Frenchman's view of the transaction. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In plainer terms still, the transaction, for anything that Lady Glyde knows to the contrary, may be a fraud upon her unborn children. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Since that imprudent transaction, they have received from it--not one farthing! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Next moment they quietly eyed each other, as if they, the principals, had had no part in that expressive transaction. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have just discovered that the warrior who loved that woman has learned of your part in the transaction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The circulation between the dealers, as it is carried on by wholesale, requires generally a pretty large sum for every particular transaction. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At first his mind refused to act--he felt only the taint of such a transaction between a man like Trenor and a girl like Lily Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This transaction caused me great heart-burning. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This momentous pocket-book was a timely reminder to him of another transaction. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She asked him the particulars of his transaction with Isaac, which he detailed accurately. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I will not attempt to console you; but will simply relate the circumstances of the transaction. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- My own convictions led me to believe that the hidden contents of the parchment concealed a transaction of the meanest and the most fraudulent kind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The passengers didn't know what to make of the transaction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You heard Mr Lightwood speak of a dark transaction? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sir, depend on it, my nerves were not in fault; the thing was real: the transaction actually took place. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was referred to as a curiosity in the _Philosophical Transactions_ in 1747. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is eminently mine to ask such questions, when I have to decide whether I will have transactions with you and accept your money. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Asks his mother to become, with him, a spy upon his father's transactions through a lifetime! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. MICAWBER'S TRANSACTIONS This is not the time at which I am to enter on the state of my mind beneath its load of sorrow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The Philosophical Transactions furnish us with abundance of histories of earthquakes, particularly one at Oxford in 1665, by Dr. Wallis and Mr. Boyle. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Transactions on the New York Stock Exchange may be made in three different ways: Cash, regular or on a limited option to buyer and seller as to the time of delivery or acceptance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And in her commerce with the great our dear friend showed the same frankness which distinguished her transactions with the lowly in station. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But the twins are a great tie; and to me, with my recollections, of papa and mama, these transactions are very painful. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Certainly,' replied Mr. Pickwick, 'if you wished it; and it would be entered on their transactions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For small transactions the various provinces were using perforated zinc and brass cash, but for larger there was nothing but stamped ingots of silver. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We don't choose to publish our transactions, however unimportant, to all the town. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I want to know whether your Philosophical Society received the second volume of our Transactions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There is some account of it in the old Philosophical Transactions; I have never been at the place, but shall be glad to see your remarks on it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I send you with this the two volumes of our Transactions, as I forget whether you had the first before. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I confess that I should be interested to know who this Mr. Cornelius may be with whom a retired builder has such very large transactions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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