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transaction

Definitions of transaction
  1. noun
    the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
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    commerce, monde des affaires
    transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
    mutation
    transferring ownership
    affaire, commerce, marché, échange
    a particular instance of buying or selling
    emprunt
    obtaining funds from a lender
    location
    the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
    commerce, négoce
    buying or selling securities or commodities
    commerce, échange
    the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
    échange
    reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
    commerce, entreprise commerciale
    the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
    transmission
    act of transferring property title from one person to another
    engagement
    borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
    importation
    the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
    diffusion, distribution
    the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
    marchandisage
    the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
    commerce, négoce, trafic
    buying and selling; especially illicit trade
    acquittement, contribution, paiement, payement, règlement
    the act of paying money
    type of:
    action de groupe
    action taken by a group of people
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