Transaction
noun
An instance of buying or selling something; a business deal.
I've made a transaction of 100 dollars with the online store.
Often appears as...
- business transaction
- financial transaction
noun
The process of carrying out an action or operation.
The system ensures the integrity of transactions in the database.
Often appears as...
- database transaction
- transaction processing
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A communicative action involving two parties or objects that reciprocally affect or influence each other.
Verbal and non-verbal actions in a conversation can be seen as transactions.
Often appears as...
- social transaction
- conversational transaction
noun
An instance of buying or selling something; a business deal.
I've made a transaction of 100 dollars with the online store.
Often appears as...
- business transaction
- financial transaction
noun
The process of carrying out an action or operation.
The system ensures the integrity of transactions in the database.
Often appears as...
- database transaction
- transaction processing
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A communicative action involving two parties or objects that reciprocally affect or influence each other.
Verbal and non-verbal actions in a conversation can be seen as transactions.
Often appears as...
- social transaction
- conversational transaction
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Often Monetary
Transactions usually involve the exchange of money or something valuable.
Paying rent monthly is a financial transaction with your landlord.
Pro Tip 2/3Business Context
In a business environment, 'transaction' implies a formal or legal exchange.
Finalizing a transaction requires both parties to agree on the price.
Pro Tip 3/3Requires Agreement
Most transactions need consent from the people or entities involved.
The art transaction was completed after both galleries consented on the terms.
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Unpacking the nuts and...
mathematical calculations which increase the security of the transactions on the network so that the more miners there are making these calculations the stronger the network encryption become the Bitcoin network has already become ten times more powerful than any supercomputer in the world within three
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The surprising science...
that you need to keep your partners happy. So if you come to power with the support of an old male, you need to let that old male mate with females. If you don't do that, that old male is going to get mad at you, and you're going to lose him as a partner. So there's a transaction going on.
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The secret sneaker...
And four years later, we're analyzing over 25 million transactions, providing real-time analytics on thousands of sneakers. Now sneakerheads check prices while camping out for releases. Others have used the data to validate insurance claims. And the top investment banks in the world
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Would you pass the...
We typically think of honesty in terms of actively telling the truth in our interpersonal relationships. But in fact, every healthy society relies on a shared foundation of honesty. Using public services, making business transactions, and deciding government policies
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How the blockchain will...
It could be a certificate, a contract, real world objects, even personal identifiable information. There are of course other technical details to the blockchain, but at its core, that's how it works. It's this public registry that stores transactions in a network
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The future of money PIPE...
A lot of these services don't inter-operate, and as a result, this blocks what we can do with payment. And it makes transaction costs go up. So far, we've been through two phases of money. In an analog world, we had to deal with these physical objects,
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What's Inside Your Paper...
transactions but one of the features of currency paper of course is anonymity I think that's partly why it's valued by many around the world as they can conduct transactions using money without having traceability to it so a lot of
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What if every satellite...
Because in the next few hours, the world economy shuts down. Satellite-based timestamps play a critical part in everything from credit card readers and stock exchanges to the systems that keep track of transactions.
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How the blockchain is...
And this cryptocurrency enabled people to establish trust and do transactions without a third party. And this seemingly simple act set off a spark that ignited the world,
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A climate solution where...
otherwise known as a carbon tax. This would discourage carbon emissions in every single economic transaction, every day of the year.
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Unpacking the nuts and...
mathematical calculations which increase the security of the transactions on the network so that the more miners there are making these calculations the stronger the network encryption become the Bitcoin network has already become ten times more powerful than any supercomputer in the world within three
Video examples
The surprising science...
that you need to keep your partners happy. So if you come to power with the support of an old male, you need to let that old male mate with females. If you don't do that, that old male is going to get mad at you, and you're going to lose him as a partner. So there's a transaction going on.
Video examples
The secret sneaker...
And four years later, we're analyzing over 25 million transactions, providing real-time analytics on thousands of sneakers. Now sneakerheads check prices while camping out for releases. Others have used the data to validate insurance claims. And the top investment banks in the world
Video examples
Would you pass the...
We typically think of honesty in terms of actively telling the truth in our interpersonal relationships. But in fact, every healthy society relies on a shared foundation of honesty. Using public services, making business transactions, and deciding government policies
Video examples
How the blockchain will...
It could be a certificate, a contract, real world objects, even personal identifiable information. There are of course other technical details to the blockchain, but at its core, that's how it works. It's this public registry that stores transactions in a network
Video examples
The future of money PIPE...
A lot of these services don't inter-operate, and as a result, this blocks what we can do with payment. And it makes transaction costs go up. So far, we've been through two phases of money. In an analog world, we had to deal with these physical objects,
Video examples
What's Inside Your Paper...
transactions but one of the features of currency paper of course is anonymity I think that's partly why it's valued by many around the world as they can conduct transactions using money without having traceability to it so a lot of
Video examples
What if every satellite...
Because in the next few hours, the world economy shuts down. Satellite-based timestamps play a critical part in everything from credit card readers and stock exchanges to the systems that keep track of transactions.
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
And this cryptocurrency enabled people to establish trust and do transactions without a third party. And this seemingly simple act set off a spark that ignited the world,
Video examples
A climate solution where...
otherwise known as a carbon tax. This would discourage carbon emissions in every single economic transaction, every day of the year.
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Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
A typical medical practice is like an old-fashioned business which keeps all of its records on paper. It can probably track down any individual transaction if it needs to, but it's basically helpless when it comes to overall measurements of performance. And that's the big problem.
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Sue Monk Kidd
American Writer
Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.
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Fawad Khan
Pakistani Actor
I think there comes a time when you start dropping expectations. Because the world doesn't owe you anything, and you don't owe the world anything in return. Things, feelings, are a very simple transaction. If you get it, be grateful. If you don't, be alright with it.
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Lloyd Dorfman
British Businesswoman
We are quite a way off before people travel around the world without cash in their pockets. The growth of plastic and electronic transactions have tended to impact traveller's cheques rather than cash.
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Mindy Grossman
American Businesswoman
Content is power in today's world, and if you can own that content, create it and make interaction more of an experience than a transaction, you create a different kind of loyalty.
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John Buchanan Robinson
American Politician
Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.
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Kathryn Harrison
American Author
Because the kind of nonfiction I write has a plot, the events and transactions that make up a life, nonfiction offers me a break from plotting.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
The capping of cash transactions will help the banks reduce cash intensity.
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Jose Manuel Barroso
Portuguese Politician
Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.
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Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
Life is about relationships, not transactions.
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Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
A typical medical practice is like an old-fashioned business which keeps all of its records on paper. It can probably track down any individual transaction if it needs to, but it's basically helpless when it comes to overall measurements of performance. And that's the big problem.
Quote examples
Sue Monk Kidd
American Writer
Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.
Quote examples
Fawad Khan
Pakistani Actor
I think there comes a time when you start dropping expectations. Because the world doesn't owe you anything, and you don't owe the world anything in return. Things, feelings, are a very simple transaction. If you get it, be grateful. If you don't, be alright with it.
Quote examples
Lloyd Dorfman
British Businesswoman
We are quite a way off before people travel around the world without cash in their pockets. The growth of plastic and electronic transactions have tended to impact traveller's cheques rather than cash.
Quote examples
Mindy Grossman
American Businesswoman
Content is power in today's world, and if you can own that content, create it and make interaction more of an experience than a transaction, you create a different kind of loyalty.
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John Buchanan Robinson
American Politician
Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.
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Kathryn Harrison
American Author
Because the kind of nonfiction I write has a plot, the events and transactions that make up a life, nonfiction offers me a break from plotting.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
The capping of cash transactions will help the banks reduce cash intensity.
Quote examples
Jose Manuel Barroso
Portuguese Politician
Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.
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Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
Life is about relationships, not transactions.
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