transactions

Everyday

1. Transactions are acts of buying, selling, paying or moving money, like paying at a till or moving money between bank accounts. tree →
2. (formal) Transactions are dealings or exchanges between people or groups. tree →
3. (formal) Transactions can also be the written record of what a society or meeting did, as in a scientific journal's title. tree →

In the lessons

In maths and money lessons, transactions appear in bank statements and shop problems: each transaction adds or takes away money. In everyday life: card transactions, online transactions, a «transaction fee». Banks keep a list of transactions so you can check where money went.

Examples

• The shop made 300 transactions on Saturday. tree →
• Mum checked the transactions on her bank statement. tree →
• Every transaction at the till prints a receipt. tree →
• Some online transactions need a code sent to a phone. tree →
• In this game, record each transaction in your money table. tree →
• The bank charges a fee for some transactions. tree →
• Kim had £20, then made two transactions of £5 each, so £10 was left. tree →

Note

Plural of «transaction» (countable). In a money problem, a deposit adds money and a payment or withdrawal takes it away; add or subtract each transaction in order. «Transactions» of a society means its published reports – a formal, old use.