transaction
transaction
/trænˈzækʃn/
1 countable transaction (between A and B) a piece of business that is done between people, especially an act of buying or selling financial transactions between companies
commercial transactions
2 uncountable transaction of something (formal) the process of doing something the transaction of government business
Word Origin
late Middle English (as a term in Roman Law): from late Latin transactio(n-), from transigere ‘drive through’, from trans- ‘through’ + agere ‘do, lead’.