Transact Meaning
/ˌtɹænˈzækt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo do, carry through, conduct or perform.
verbTo carry over, hand over or transfer something.
Sentence Examples
He began to transact business with the firm.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The bank allows customers to ____ their financial transactions online from home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Modern technology has made it much easier for people to ____ business from almost any location in the world today.
Word Origin & History
Back-formation from transaction, or else from Latin trānsāctus, past participle of trānsigere.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The bank allows customers to ____ their financial transactions online from home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Modern technology has made it much easier for people to ____ business from almost any location in the world today.