transactional

[ tran-sak-shuh-nuhl, -zak- ]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Other Words From

• trans·ac·tion·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of transactional¹

transaction ( def ) + -al ¹( def )

Example Sentences

The sale marks a conclusion for the dissolution of Wirecard “despite unfavorable conditions,” Michael Jaffe, the insolvency lawyer handling the transactions, said in a statement.

From Fortune

Seiyu Chief Executive Officer Lionel Desclee will stay in his role through the transaction and then take a new position within Walmart.

From Fortune

Getting closer to the transactions, either by allowing publishers to highlight specific products or deep-link into retailers’ apps, could help by creating a better user experience, Newman said.

From Digiday

The state funds from SB 2 come from a $75 filing fee added to certain real estate transaction documents and have been slowly trickling to counties and cities across the state since Atkins passed the bill in 2017.

From Voice of San Diego

Although the FTC investigated and approved two of Facebook’s biggest deals — the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp — it has the authority to revisit past transactions and go to court to unwind them if it determines they were anticompetitive.

From Fortune

Sex, then, is not wholly experiential but at least partially transactional.

From The Daily Beast

Open and transparent transactional markets also make it easier for sex workers to share information and vet potential clients.

From The Daily Beast

That's the point of transactional politicians; they do transactions.

From The Daily Beast

But, over time, it reduces our communications to their most basic and transactional.

From The Daily Beast

Politics is often transactional in just this way, especially on issues of spending.

From The Daily Beast

There was a rigid transactional probity, it seems to say; there was also a high tide of inspiration.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• debatable
• transferable