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transactions

transactions

4.9
Written records of an organization's meetings and activities often published for members
  • noun
  • /trænˈzækʃənz/
  • Formal
translation icon : actas
  • In the journal, they presented a series of transactions highlighting the discussions and resolutions made by the committee during the conference.

Examples

  • The academic paper contained several transactions documenting the proceedings of the symposium on innovative technologies in education.

  • Those who had lost money argued that the whole deal should be unwound and all share transactions that occurred over the six month period of the bubble should be made null and void.

  • She then goes on to clarify the Delaware law recognizes unique risks inherent in a corporation's transactions with it's controlling stockholder.

  • UTILIZING A LEDGER CALLED THE BLOCKCHAIN, ALLOWING FOR MANY KINDS OF TRANSACTIONS TO OCCUR.

  • IT IS A WAY OF RECORDING TRANSACTIONS, RECORDING VALUE, AND IT DOES IT DIGITALLY, SO YOU AND I CAN SEND IT TO EACH OTHER DIRECTLY, AND EVERYTHING IS RECORDED IN THE OPEN LEDGER.

  • The organization published a detailed report of its activities, which included the minutes and transactions from the annual meeting.

Synonyms

proceedings
vstransactions
  • Formal
30 6.1

An official written record of what happens at a meeting or conference

is used for published society accounts rather than only meeting records
journal
vstransactions
27 3.6

A book for writing money transactions in time order

focuses on published society meeting accounts rather than ordered financial logs
minutes
vstransactions
  • Formal
1 3.5

A written record of what people said and decided at a meeting

is a published or titled account rather than brief internal meeting notes

How Formal

agreement
  • Formal
1.4
transactions
  • Formal
4.9
negotiation
  • Formal
859 3.5
dealings
3.0
contact
826 1.2
chat
  • Informal
312 1.0

Surface Forms

transaction singular
transactions plural

Morphology

transactions = transaction (opaque) = transaction + s

The formation is a regular plural of the noun 'transaction' and thus straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Transactions comes from parts meaning 'across' (trans-) and 'to do' (agere), the same root as action. So a transaction is something done between people, and the 'transactions' of a society are the written records of what was done.