"transact" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌtɹænˈzækt/ Forms: transacts [present, singular, third-person], transacting [participle, present], transacted [participle, past], transacted [past]
enPR: trăn-zăkt' Rhymes: -ækt Etymology: Back-formation from transaction, or else from Latin trānsāctus, past participle of trānsigere. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|transaction}} Back-formation from transaction, {{bor|en|la|trānsāctus}} Latin trānsāctus Head templates: {{en-verb}} transact (third-person singular simple present transacts, present participle transacting, simple past and past participle transacted)
  1. (transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform. Tags: transitive Translations (to conduct or perform an action): правя (pravja) (Bulgarian), извършвам (izvǎršvam) (Bulgarian), tehdä (Finnish), suorittaa (Finnish), tramitar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transact-en-verb--VTcMblE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with trans- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with trans-: 28 32 16 24 Disambiguation of 'to conduct or perform an action': 67 9 22 2
  2. (transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something. Tags: transitive Translations (to carry over, hand over, transfer): предавам (predavam) (Bulgarian), siirtää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-transact-en-verb-nvXlOTXM Categories (other): English terms prefixed with trans- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with trans-: 28 32 16 24 Disambiguation of 'to carry over, hand over, transfer': 6 93 0 1
  3. (intransitive) To conduct business. Tags: intransitive Translations (to conduct business): сключвам сделка (sključvam sdelka) (Bulgarian), toimia (Finnish), transar (english: se) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transact-en-verb-QQ1UHAs5 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with trans- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with trans-: 28 32 16 24 Disambiguation of 'to conduct business': 2 0 97 1
  4. To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc. Translations (to exchange or trade): vaihtaa (Finnish), transaccionar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transact-en-verb-svYcimNR Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with trans-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 20 22 11 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 11 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with trans-: 28 32 16 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 23 12 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 23 19 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 13 6 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 25 8 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 18 9 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 18 9 57 Disambiguation of 'to exchange or trade': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: transaction, transactional, transactive

Inflected forms

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