transaction
noun
[ tranˈzakʃ(ə)n ]
• an instance of buying or selling something.
• "in an ordinary commercial transaction a delivery date is essential"
Similar:
deal,
business,
agreement,
undertaking,
affair,
arrangement,
bargain,
negotiation,
treaty,
contract,
pact,
compact,
bond,
settlement,
proceedings,
• published reports of proceedings at the meetings of a learned society.
Similar:
proceedings,
affairs,
concerns,
dealings,
matters,
activities,
records,
report,
publication,
journal,
minutes,
annals,
log,
account,
chronicle,
doings,
goings-on,
• an input message to a computer system dealt with as a single unit of work.
• "transaction processing"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a term in Roman Law): from late Latin transactio(n- ), from transigere ‘drive through’ (see transact).
