transact
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Synonym Usage
See perform.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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transactsimple
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transactssimple
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have transactedperfect
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has transactedperfect
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am transactingprogressive
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are transactingprogressive
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is transactingprogressive
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have been transactingperfect progressive
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has been transactingperfect progressive
Past
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transactedsimple
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had transactedperfect
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was transactingprogressive
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were transactingprogressive
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had been transactingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of transact
First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin trānsāctus (past participle of trānsigere “to carry out, accomplish”), equivalent to trāns- “across, beyond, through” + ag(ere) “to drive, lead” + -tus past participle suffix; see trans-
Explanation
The verb transact is almost always used with the word "business." To transact business is to conduct it, as when a shopkeeper sells groceries to a customer. All kinds of business owners and workers transact business, just by following their usual routines of selling, buying, investing, trading, or anything else they do to carry out their work. Shoppers also participate in transacting business — a purchase can also be called a transaction. The Latin root word, transactus, means "to drive through or accomplish."
Vocabulary lists containing transact
Power Prefix: trans-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: trans-
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Example Sentences
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Blackboard has expanded offerings to include a messaging service called Blackboard Connect and Blackboard Transact, a payment product that allows college students to use their identification cards for purchases on and off campus.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 1, 2011
Transact your business, and don't interfere with me; the country is wide enough for us both.
From In the Heart of Africa by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
All Elie de Beaumont's arguments are admirably controverted by Prof. A. Geikie in his essay in Transact.
From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Darwin, Charles
Transact your business, and don't interfere with me: the country is wide enough for us both.
From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Transact, trans-akt′, v.t. to manage: to perform.—v.i. to manage anything.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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