as in to negotiate
to do (business) with another person, company, etc.
We had some important business to transact with our distributors. transact a real estate deal
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Recent Examples of transact
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transact
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Forum helps match clients with tutors who fit their needs, handles payments, negotiates rates for each tutor and markets them.Emma Whitford, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of Amazon workers at the company's first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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But the loss of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad may have dealt the knockout blow.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Chicago could deal its star outfielder to Philadelphia in the coming weeks.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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But after that, paper needs to be purchased separately.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores.Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
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The lawsuit specifically accuses Thompson of selling more than $15 million of his UnitedHealth shares while the company was under a federal antitrust investigation that had not yet been disclosed to shareholders.Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Volkswagen Group, which sells Audis and also Porsches, Bentleys, Škodas, and Lamborghinis in China, has seen a 10 percent dip in vehicles sold in the country this year.Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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Today, strangers may contact you on social media offering drugs to buy.Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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Just before her train left, Hadley abandoned her luggage briefly to buy water.Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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With that in mind, expect many of the potential buyers who contact you to barter.Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024
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The old town medina is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and crowds jostle to examine products laid out in the streets and hear the sound of bartering in more languages than can be named.Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Transact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transact. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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