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Antonyms for transaction

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tran-sak-shuhn, -zak-
Phonetic Transcription : trænˈsæk ʃən, -ˈzæk-


Definition of transaction

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "the adjustment of a dispute, a negotiated agreement," from Middle French transaction, from Latin transactionem (nominative transactio) "an agreement, accomplishment," from past participle stem of transigere "accomplish, drive or carry through," from trans- "through" + agere "to drive" (see act). Meaning "a piece of business" is attested from 1640s.
  • noun business dealing; undertaking
Example sentences :
  • It is a painful truth that by daylight he was ashamed of his part of the transaction.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • When the transaction was finished, she had a few dollars remaining.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • We should have that much to show for our share of the transaction.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • God requires to be honoured in this, no less than in every other transaction.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • The transaction by any name would smell no sweeter, Calendar.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Accuracy in observation, accuracy in speech, accuracy in the transaction of affairs.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • The remainder of the money they would keep for themselves as their profit on the transaction.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • A majority constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • In the whole of this transaction the Moravians were passive and unresisting.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • "Break a straw on it," said Black Tom; and the transaction was complete.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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