transaction English · revision 6760

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1460|origins=la transigo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /tɹænˈzækʃən/, /t͡ʃɹænˈzækʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|transaccion|t=exchange, transaction]] and directly [[bor|la-lat|transactio|t=an agreement, accomplishment]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|transigo|alt=transigere|t=to drive through; accomplish; come to a settlement]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|trans|t=across, through]] and [[m|la|ago|alt=agere|t=to drive, do]], from PIE [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-|alt=*ag-|t=to drive]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Roman and civil law, the adjustment of a dispute by mutual concession: about 1460 in the OED, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A piece of business done or settled is from the 1640s (1647 in the OED),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the action of transacting from 1655.^(OED 1989) ''Transactions'', the published proceedings of a learned society, is from the 1660s (1665).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) MWU dates the general sense from 1632.^(MWU 2024) In psychology, a social interaction between people (as in transactional analysis) is a later use,^(AHD) and in computing, a single exchange of data or a purchase is modern.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1460 – in civil law, a settlement.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1647 – an affair transacted.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1655 – the act of transacting.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1665 – transactions of a learned society.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A business [[deal]], [[exchange]] or agreement.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of transacting, or the fact of being transacted.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(plural)'' The published records of a learned society's proceedings.^(Collins 2023)

+ # An interaction between people that affects all of them.^(AHD)

+ # ''(computing)'' A single exchange of data or a purchase made electronically.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[transactional]]

+ * [[transactionally]]

+ * [[pretransaction]]

+ * [[transact]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[act]]

+ * [[agent]]

+ * [[trans-]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}