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trans·ac·tion /tran-'zak-shən, -'sak-/ n1: something transacted; esp: an exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds2 a: an act, process, or instance of transactingb: an action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally affect or influence each other3 in the civil law of Louisiana: an onerous contract that is intended by the parties to prevent or end actual or possible litigation and in which they make reciprocal concessions compare accord, satisfaction
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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accomplishment, achievement, act, action, activity, administration, adventure, affair, business, commission, completion, consummation, deal, dealing, deed, direction, effectuation, enactment, enterprise, execution, exercise, exploit, management, measure, negotiation, negotium, operation, performance, proceeding, process, purchase, sale, undertaking
associated concepts: arms length transaction, transacting business, transactional immunity
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- Res inter alios judicatae nullum alils praejudicium faciunt. — Transactions between strangers ought not to injure those who are not parties to them.II index act (undertaking), agreement (contract), business (commerce), commission (act), deal, event, exchange, interchange, occurrence, operation, proceeding, process (course), sale, trade (commerce), treatment, undertaking (business)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.One instance of conducting business, such as buying or selling an item; an agreement or act involving at least two people that alters their legal rights in relation to one another.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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An event associated with the transfer of an amount of money (debit or credit) in the operation of a business.Category: Back Taxes & Tax DebtCategory: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Accounting, Bookkeeping & FinancesCategory: Business Cash Flow Problems & BankruptcyCategory: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Tax & DeductionsCategory: Personal Finance & Retirement → Taxes → Personal Income TaxesCategory: Personal Finance & Retirement → Taxes → Tax Audits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n.1 An act of carrying out some form of business between two persons.2 A business agreement or exchange.3 Any activity in which two or more persons are involved.@ closed transactionA transaction that is complete, so that the actual realized gain may be calculated for tax purposes.=>> transaction.@ open transactionA transaction in which all the events have not yet occurred, and so the computation of taxes on that transaction is not yet possible.=>> transaction.@ sham transactionA transaction that will be disregarded for tax purposes because it has no real substance.=>> transaction.@
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.