transactions

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transactions — noun

  • transactionssingular
  • transactionsesplural

1. An arrangement between two or more people or groups in which one side gives mone

1.名詞B1
釋義

An arrangement between two or more people or groups in which one side gives money and the other side gives a product or service.

例句

Nadia checked her bank app to make sure the online transaction had gone through.

collocation: online transaction

The store processed over three hundred credit-card transactions in a single day.

collocation: credit-card transaction

同義詞
  • deal

    Less formal and broader in meaning; can refer to any arrangement, not just financial ones.

  • purchase

    Focuses specifically on the act of buying, whereas 'transaction' includes both buying and selling.

  • exchange

    Emphasises the two-way nature; can be non-monetary.

  • trade

    More commonly used for commercial activity in general rather than a single instance.

用法筆記

Countable noun. Often appears in compounds such as 'cash transaction', 'online transaction', or 'credit-card transaction'. The verb form is 'transact', though it is less common in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌I made a transaction with my friend to swap books.
✅My friend and I swapped books.
💡'transaction' normally refers to a commercial exchange of money for goods or services, not a casual swap.
❌The transaction of buying a ticket was easy.
✅Buying the ticket was easy.
💡'transaction' sounds unnecessarily formal for everyday actions.

2. A printed collection containing the talks, discussions, and decisions from the m

2.名詞C1
釋義

A printed collection containing the talks, discussions, and decisions from the meetings of a learned society or professional association.

例句

Vikram found the famous 1953 discovery described in the transactions of the Royal Society.

collocation: transactions of [society name]

The annual transactions of the Historical Association are published every spring.

同義詞
  • proceedings

    Very similar in meaning; 'proceedings' is more common for conferences while 'transactions' leans toward the published journal of a society.

  • minutes

    Refers to a written summary of a single meeting, not a published collection over time.

  • records

    A more general term that can refer to any type of documentation, not necessarily published.

用法筆記

Almost always used in the plural form, even when referring to a single volume of records. The word is typically capitalised when it forms part of a proper title, e.g. 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

常見錯誤

❌I need to read the transaction of the club.
✅I need to read the transactions of the club.
💡This sense is always used in the plural.
❌The bank transactions of the association were published online.
✅The society transactions were published online.
💡Using 'bank' before 'transactions' brings in the financial meaning; avoid ambiguity by using 'society' or 'association'.