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Definition of Transact
1. Verb. Conduct business. "Transact with foreign governments"
Specialized synonyms: Deal, Sell, Trade, Turn Over, Bank
Generic synonyms: Interact
Derivative terms: Transaction, Transactor
Definition of Transact
1. v. t. To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.
2. v. i. To conduct matters; to manage affairs.
Definition of Transact
1. Verb. (transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform some action. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To conduct business. ¹
4. Verb. To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transact
1. to carry out [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transact
Literary usage of Transact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1858)
"Part I. On some remarkable and hitherto unobserved Phenomena of Binocular Vision.
By CHARLES WHEATSTONE, FRS Philos. transact. 1838. 2. ..."
2. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1876)
"In most of these cases have concurred deceit and illusion on other persons not
Particular persons, in contracts, shall not only transact bona fide between ..."
3. The Case of the Seneca Indians in the State of New York: Illustrated by Facts by Joint Committee on Indian Affairs, Society of Friends (1840)
"But, notwithstanding these assurances, he returned again last summer, and told
us he was appointed commissioner from Government to transact business with ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Nought can quench mine inly flaming side, Nor sea of liquor cold, nor lake of
mire, Nothing but death can da me to respire. 5. To transact. ..."
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