transact — to carry out or conduct (business, negotiations, or other activities)
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to carry out or conduct (business, negotiations, or other activities)
Pronunciation (IPA): /trænˈzækt/
Example Sentences
- My grandmother still refuses to transact any business online because she thinks hackers will steal her cookie recipes.
- The company transacts millions of dollars in international trade daily.
- He learned to transact business in three different languages during his trip to Europe.
transact
VERB[/trænˈzækt/]
to carry out or conduct (business, negotiations, or other activities)
The real estate agent transacts the property sale with happy clients
Transact with care, keep the contract intact!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word derives from Latin transactus, the past participle of transigere, combining trans- (across) and agere (to do, drive, act). Originally referring to driving or conducting something across, it evolved to mean conducting business or completing a transaction between parties.
Breakdown
trans- (across, through) + -act (from agere, to do, drive, act). The suffix -act represents the root agere, meaning the execution or completion of an action across parties or boundaries.
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🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My grandmother still refuses to transact any business online because she thinks hackers will steal her cookie recipes.”
“The company transacts millions of dollars in international trade daily.”
“He learned to transact business in three different languages during his trip to Europe.”
“She can transact her banking so quickly that she finished before her coffee got cold.”
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