Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transaction

/tɹænˈzækʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: trans-ac-tion
IPA: /tɹænˈzækʃən/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

noun

A deal or business agreement.

noun

An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.; personal interaction.

noun

The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.

noun

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).

noun

A record of the proceedings of a learned society.

noun

A social interaction.

Example Sentences

"The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier."
"I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls."
"But also: all of the banking transactions you carry out, each phrase you dictate to Alexa, each scan of a UPS package en route to your door, every record of a COVID-19 PCR test in your Labcorp account, every bucket of wings you DoorDashed."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *terh₂-, transaccion, transactio

Inflected Forms

transactions (plural)

Derived Forms

cybertransaction microtransaction mistransaction posttransaction pretransaction subtransaction supertransaction transactional transactionalism transactionalization transactionally transactionary

Phrases

bed-and-breakfast transaction e-transaction personal transaction transaction block transaction cost transaction data transaction journal transaction time

Frequently Paired Words

piece of the action

Synonyms

dealing dealings

Rhymes With

action reaction interaction satisfaction attraction fraction extraction faction distraction traction contraction dissatisfaction

Questions

How do you pronounce transaction?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænˈzækʃən/.
What does transaction mean?: The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
Where does transaction come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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