Dictionary

transact en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌtɹænˈzækt/
• trăn-zăkt'
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from transaction, or else from Latin trānsāctus, past participle of trānsigere.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform.
   • Therefore in hopes to defray ſome of the Charges he muſt be at, he bought a Sloop, loaded it with ſeveral ſorts of Goods, wherewith the Tinquineſe uſually trade to the neighbouring Iſlands, and putting fourteen Men on board, whereof three were of the Country, he appointed me Maſter of the Sloop, and gave me power to traffick for two Months, while he tranſacted his Affairs at Tonquin. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Sets out on His Third Voyage; is taken by Pyrates. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), pages 3–4:
   • Since he understood that wherever business is conducted, those who transact it must dress accordingly, and that where men do not, business suffers, he judged it necessary to enact a strict dress code to reduce the bureaucracy to orderliness and obedience to the mayoral arm. 2006, Nicholas Antongiavanni [pseudonym; Michael Anton], The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85:
2. (transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something.
3. (intransitive) To conduct business.
4. To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

Forms

Deriveds

transactory · mistransact · untransacted · transactable

Relateds

transaction · transactional · transactive

Translations (15)

fi siirtää (to carry over, hand over, transfer) · fi tehdä (to conduct or perform an action) · fi vaihtaa (to exchange or trade) · fr transacter (to exchange or trade) · bg извършвам (to conduct or perform an action) · es transarse (to conduct business) · bg правя (to conduct or perform an action) · fi toimia (to conduct business) · bg предавам (to carry over, hand over, transfer) · bg сключвам сделка (to conduct business) · es tramitar (to conduct or perform an action) · grc χρηματίζω (to conduct business) · fi suorittaa (to conduct or perform an action) · es transaccionar (to exchange or trade) · es transar (to conduct business)