transact

Verb
US[tran-zakt]/trænˈzækt/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)transacted, transacting

  1. conduct business“transact with foreign governments”More general interactMore specific deal, bank, turn over
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Trans·act′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Transacted; present participle & verbal noun Transacting.]

Origin: L. transactus, p. p. of transigere. See Transaction.

To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.


Trans·act′ intransitive verb

To conduct matters; to manage affairs. rare Robert South

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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