transactor
- noun
- /trænˈzæktər/
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transactor
- The difference between the two exchanges lies in the fact that "commodity transactions are determined not by whether money is involved, but by the relative alienation of the transactors from the objects and from each other."
- potential transactors
In many cases, transactors knew each other.
- In many cases, transactors knew each other.
Examples
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They refer simply to the circumstance that, in any situation, those potential transactors who have been aware of available mutually beneficial trade possibilities will have moved to take advantage of those opportunities.
Academic text (1999) -
In many cases, transactors knew each other.
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The primary duties of transactors are reporting and monitoring policy without much in the way of critique.
Academic text (2015) -
Individuals have an incentive to protect the value of their reputational capital as trustworthy potential transactors (as noted by Adam Smith).
Academic text (1992) -
Transactors, in Bourdieu's view, manipulate time by insisting on a delay between gifts and returns so as to conceal the "reversibility" of their exchanges.
Academic text (1997) -
These teachers are acting as transactors and translators, taking up bits of policy that they deem important and relevant to their own work while shedding duties (even duties related to policy) that they deem less important.
Academic text (2015) -
The successful transactor negotiated the terms of the deal with ease.
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As a skilled transactor, she closed many sales each week.
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During the meeting, each transactor presented their proposals to the group.
Synonyms
279
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells things to make money
171
4.6
A person who talks with others to reach an agreement
69
3.6
A person who runs a business like a shop
27
3.9
A person who helps others meet or agree on a deal
4
4.3
A person who makes and negotiates business deals between companies
3
4.5
A person or company that buys and sells goods in shops
1
3.7
A person who talks with others to get better terms
1
7.7
A person who helps two sides talk and reach an agreement
1
8.1
A broker who arranges trades between dealers in financial markets
A person or company that buys, sells, and moves goods
A person who trades goods with distant countries and takes big risks
How Commercial
38
5.5
332
2.0
279
2.1
- Formal
∞
2.8
171
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transactor comes from the parts trans- 'across' and act 'do', as in the familiar word transaction. So a transactor is someone who 'does' or carries out a business deal or negotiation.