transactional
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the process of conducting business.
A leading authority on ethical issues in commercial practice, she has designed classes and materials to teach students transactional skills.
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of or relating to personal or social interaction characterized by mutual influence and exchange.
The teacher questioned each pair of students in turn about the transactional nature of the role play—how their partner's statements or behavior shaped their own.
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of or relating to an attitude in which personal interaction revolves around cost and benefit.
There is a shift toward a more transactional relationship between a synagogue and its congregants, where the focus is often on dues and program fees.
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Gates's core explanation for his association with Epstein has been that the relationship was transactional, centring on discussions about philanthropy and potential funding for his foundation that ultimately came to nothing.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Within the administration, those looking for a more transactional approach to the rivalry have held more sway than hawks looking to tighten restrictions on China.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
He will land in Beijing prepared to push China, which relies on Iran for low-cost oil in their transactional relationship, to help broker an agreement that ends the conflict, according to U.S. officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
“We really do want to move from having these transactional relationships to having these long-term relationships,” said Sykes, the Unilever executive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
The approach then of the second phase of this method and of the transactional phase of nursing when nurses are in the arena with others is the same.
From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.
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