Transaction

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹænˈzækʃən/
• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Origin

From Latin transactio.

Full definition of transaction

Noun

1. The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
2. A deal or business agreement.
3. An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
4. (finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
5. (computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
6. (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society

Related terms

• transact
• transactional
• transactive