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Grammar : Verb
Spell : tran-sakt, -zakt
Phonetic Transcription : trænˈsækt, -ˈzækt



Definition of transact

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Latin transactus, past participle of transigere "to drive through, accomplish" (see transaction). Related: Transacted; transacting.
  • verb do business, carry out
Example sentences :
  • Austin and I have the most important business to transact at Witherby, so he's driving me over.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • You confuse me, and how can I transact business if I am confused?
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • The proof of this is that they were willing to transact business with him.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • The shaikh came to transact some business of consequence to him.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • The verb kulel means to transact business for another, to act as deputy.
  • Extract from : « The Maya Chronicles » by Various
  • He had been told to transact business with Mrs. Parloe and with nobody else.
  • Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.
  • Any one who had business to transact could do it as safely by night as by day.
  • Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
  • When he came to consider it, why should he not transact his business with Dora?
  • Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
  • You cannot read, nor study, nor talk, nor transact business.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • But hadn't he always some message on business to transact with you?
  • Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne

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