transact
verb
trans·act
tran-ˈzakt 
tran(t)-ˈsakt
tran(t)-ˈsakt
transacted; transacting; transacts
1
: to carry to completion
transact a sale
2
: to carry on the operation or management of : do
transact business
: to carry on business
Examples of transact in a Sentence
We had some important business to transact with our distributors.
transact a real estate deal
Recent Examples on the Web
When managers finally began transacting in 2010, there was a wall of deals at lower valuations, encouraged by historically low interest rates.
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Control Risks, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
With almost $80 million (£60.9 million) transacted on the platform, Boopos has 5,000 active buyers and 200 businesses for sale, and will break even by the end of the year.
—Stephen Armstrong, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
These features of bitcoin are often fretted over by American authorities bemoaning their inability to prevent foreign adversaries from transacting using bitcoin, despite the American authorities’ best efforts to sanction them.
—Bradley Rettler, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
But the ceasefire-for-hostages deal, while transacted with Hamas, does not see Hamas as the real counterparty.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Control Risks, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
With almost $80 million (£60.9 million) transacted on the platform, Boopos has 5,000 active buyers and 200 businesses for sale, and will break even by the end of the year.
—Stephen Armstrong, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
These features of bitcoin are often fretted over by American authorities bemoaning their inability to prevent foreign adversaries from transacting using bitcoin, despite the American authorities’ best efforts to sanction them.
—Bradley Rettler, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
But the ceasefire-for-hostages deal, while transacted with Hamas, does not see Hamas as the real counterparty.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Transact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transact. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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transact
verb
trans·act
tran(t)s-ˈakt
tranz-
tranz-
1
: to carry through
transact a sale of property
2
: conduct entry 2 sense 2, carry on
transact business
Legal Definition
transact
intransitive verb
trans·act
tran-ˈzakt, -ˈsact
1
: to carry on business
2
in the civil law of Louisiana
: to settle a dispute by a transaction
1
: to carry to completion
transact a sale
2
: to carry on the operation or management of
transact business
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