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Definition: Transaction |
TransactionNoun1. The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "transaction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Transaction \Trans*ac"tion\, noun. [Latin expression transactio, from transigere, transactum, to drive through, carry through, accomplish, transact; trans across, over agere to drive; compare to French transaction. See Act, Agent.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Transaction A unit of interaction with a DBMS or similar system. It must be treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions. See atomic. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Finance | A verbal(or electronic)transaction involving one party buying a security from another party. Once a trade is consummated, it is considered "done" or final. Settlement occurs 1-5 business days later. Source: European Union. (references) |
| (1) any agreement between two or more parties that establishes a legal obligation. (2) the act of carrying out such an obligation. (3) all activities that effect a deposit account that are performed at the request of the account holder. (4) All events that cause some change in the assets, liabilities or net worth of a business. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | A short dialogue between a computer and an operator for a specific purpose. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | Defined by the fifth IMF Balance of Payments Manual(BPM5)as being an economic flow that reflects the creation, transformation, exchange, transfer, or extinction of economic value and involves changes in ownership of goods and/or financial assets, the provision of services, or the provision of labour and capital. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A database transaction is a unit of interaction with a Database management system or similar system that is treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions. Ideally, a database system will guarantee all of the ACID properties for each transaction. In practice, these properties are often relaxed somewhat to provide better performance.
In database products the ability to handle transactions allows the user to ensure that integrity of a database is maintained.
A single transaction might require several queries, each reading and/or writing information in the database. When this happens it is usually important to be sure that the database is not left with only some of the queries carried out. For example, when doing a money transfer, if the money was debited from one account, it is important that it also be credited to the depositing account. Also, transactions should not interfere with each other. For more information about desirable transaction properties, see ACID.
A simple transactions is usually issued to the database system in a language like SQL in this form:
If the transaction fails at any point (possibly before getting to the Commit phase), the database system will rollback any changes. All other transactions will behave the same way as if the transaction had never existed.
- Begin the transaction
- Execute several queries (although any updates to the database aren't actually visible to the outside world yet)
- Commit the transaction (updates become visible if the transaction is successful)
Transactions are supported in some form or other in database systems like Mimer SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle.
See also:
- Distributed transaction
- Nested transaction
- ACID properties
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Database transaction."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TRACE | English | Transaction Accounting Control and Endorsing | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TransactionSynonyms: dealing (n), dealings (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Deed, act, overt act, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan). |
Barter | Deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain. |
Conduct | Dealing, transaction; (action); business. |
Eventuality | Business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion). |
Improbity | Perfidy; perfidiousness; Adjective: treachery, double dealing; unfairness; Adjective: knavery, roguery, rascality, foul play; jobbing, jobbery; graft, bribery; venality, nepotism; corruption, job, shuffle, fishy transaction; barratry, sharp practice, heads I win tails you lose; mouth honor; (flattery). |
Irrelation | Not comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable. irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose; impertinent, inapposite, beside the mark, a propos de bottes; aside from the purpose, away from the purpose, foreign to the purpose, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, beside the point; misplaced; (intrusive); traveling out of the record. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Transaction fees, man. (So Weird; writing credit: John Mandel) So it was all a transaction. I get a little something, you get a little more (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: John Sayles) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Transaction (1986) | |
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![]() | Transaction at farmland auction, New Carlisle, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The Hardwick Victory Store is back in operation and scenes like this are again being witnessed daily. This picture shows a typical transaction of business: Raymond Duby, in buggy, buying a commode. George Slayton and Guy Larabee lend a hand loading the fu. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Nothing in the present Article or the annex hereto shall be deemed to invalidate a transaction lawfully carried out in accordance with a contract between enemies if it has been carried out with the authority of one of the belligerent Powers. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Right and Wrong had somehow been transformed into Gain and Loss, and Religion had become a sort of commercial transaction. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Value Added Tax (VAT) is due at each point of transaction. (references) | |
Terms may also be negotiable depending on the size of the transaction. (references) | ||
No authorization from the Peruvian Government is required to perform any exchange transaction. (references) | ||
Children | Austria | For example, exchanging pornographic videos is illegal even if done privately rather than as a business transaction. (references) |
Economic History | Lithuania | So far it has been Lithuania's largest equity transaction. (references) |
Russia | The CBR normally requires a CBR license for any capital transaction. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | The extralegal aspects of the transaction fueled speculation that some weapons may have disappeared. (references) |
Ghana | He said that his former wife hired the soldiers to force him to repay a debt that she claimed that he owed her from a failed business transaction. (references) | |
Political Economy | NIGERIA | Bureau de Change offices are allowed a maximum of $5,000 per transaction. (references) |
Trade | Romania | In June 2001, an average transaction amounted to $491.4. (references) |
Australia | The first and most common, is the transaction value method. (references) | |
Norway | The transaction bank generally takes care of this reporting. (references) | |
Travel | Indonesia | Some Indonesians are traditional in culture, others may be considerably "Westernized." Many Indonesians do not conduct business transactions or make decisions in the same direct fashion Americans do, so U.S. business people should be prepared to spend a good deal of time with clients before getting down to the business transaction. (references) |
Women | Dominican Republic | The Domestic Violence Law prohibits acting as an intermediary in a transaction of prostitution, and the Government has used the law to prosecute third parties that derive profit from prostitution. (references) |
Worker Rights | Dominican Republic | The law also prohibits acting as an intermediary in a transaction of prostitution, and the Government has used this law to prosecute third parties that derive profit from prostitution. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | I shall cause the papers on this very transaction to be laid before you. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | In the transaction of their business I can not have escaped error. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Transaction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.65% of the time. "Transaction" is used about 2,261 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.65% | 2,253 | 3,918 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.22% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 0.13% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,261 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Axiohm Transaction Solutions, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "transaction": "en pension" bill transaction ♦ ABC transaction ♦ barter transaction ♦ bull transaction ♦ business transaction ♦ cash transaction ♦ come to a transaction ♦ contango transaction ♦ credit transaction ♦ depreciatory transaction ♦ Development of a multimedia information transaction and dissemination tool ♦ financial transaction ♦ forward transaction ♦ future transaction ♦ legal transaction ♦ notional transaction ♦ outright transaction ♦ party to the transaction ♦ shady transaction ♦ sham transaction ♦ smart card transaction system ♦ stock exchange transaction ♦ transaction Application Language ♦ transaction boundaries ♦ transaction consolidation ♦ transaction d'initié ♦ transaction file ♦ transaction identifier ♦ transaction involving millions ♦ Transaction of a society ♦ transaction processing ♦ transaction Processing Facility. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "transaction": transaction-based, transaction-by-transaction, transaction-hungry, transaction-level, transaction-orientated, transaction-oriented, transaction-processing, transaction-secret, transaction-specific, transaction-to-transaction. | |
Ending with "transaction": ex-transaction, transaction-by-transaction, transaction-to-transaction. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "transaction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | trajtim (approach, coverage, handling, treatment, usage), veprim (act, action, activity, agency, deed, doing, engagement, fact, motion, move, movement, operation, play, procedure, proceeding, reaction, step, turn), ujdi (accommodation, arrangement, bargain, composition, concert, concurrence, congruence, mutual agreement, settlement, tune, understanding), shitblerje (bargain, market, traffic), punim (output, proceedings, project), procesverbal (charge sheet, record, report), operacion (manipulation, operation, process), kryerje (accomplishment, achievement, acquittal, commission, commitment, committal, discharge, execution, exercise, feasibility, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance). (various references) | |
Arabic | قيام ب, تعامل (cooperation, deal, dealing, transact), عملية تجارية (bargain, deal, package), صفقة (bargain, buy, cuff, deal, package, purchase, turn), إجراء (execution, procedure, restraint, step), أعمال تجارية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сделка (bargain, deal, go, swap, trade), финансова операция, транзакция. (various references) | |
Chinese | 交" (business deal). (various references) | |
Czech | transakce (deal, dealings, operation), vyřizování, provádìní (pursuance), obchod (business, commerce, deal, market, shop, store, trade, traffic). (various references) | |
Danish | handel (business, commerce, trade). (various references) | |
Dutch | transactie (business, trade). (various references) | |
Esperanto | transakcio. (various references) | |
Faeroese | handil (business, commerce, grocery store, shop, store, trade, turnover). (various references) | |
Farsi | معامله (Bargain, Intercourse, Treatment), سودا (Bargain, Eczema, Hypochondria, Mare, Melancholia, Melancholy, Soda, Yellowbile), انجام (Accomplishment, Commission, Compietion, Godspeed, Implement, Implementation, Sequel). (various references) | |
Finnish | kauppa (bargain, business, commerce, deal, shop, store, trade, traffic). (various references) | |
French | transaction (trade), opération (trade). (various references) | |
German | Geschäft (affair, bargain, biz, boutique, Business, deal, duty, office, sale, shop, snip, store, trade, warehouse), Transaktion (deal, trade), Durchführung (carrying out, enforcement, execution, holding, implementation, operation, performance, prosecution, realisation, running, taking), Abwicklung (completion, conclusion, liquidation, unwinding). (various references) | |
Greek | συναλλαγή (dealings, interchange), δοσοληψία (traffic). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פרוטוקול (proceedings, protocol, record), עסק" (bargain, deal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lebonyolítás (liquidation). (various references) | |
Icelandic | verzlun (business, commerce, trade). (various references) | |
Indonesian | transaksi. (various references) | |
Italian | transazione (arrangement), operazione (attempt, enterprise, operation). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | トラップ射' (electrical transistor, tradition, traditional, traffic, traffic builder, trance, tranquilizer, transactional analysis, Trans-Am, trans-American, transceiver, transcription, transformer, transistor, transistor glamour, transit, transnational, transparency, transponder, Transylvania, trap shooting, trappiste, trappistine, travel, travel agency, travel bureau, travel set, travel watch, travelers check, travellers' cheque, travelling, traverse, trouble, trouble shot, troublemaker, trouble-shooting, trough, trunk, trunk room, trunks, work), 商売 (business, commerce, occupation, trade). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | トランザクション , しょうばい (business, commerce, occupation, soot of burnt pine, trade). (various references) | |
Korean | 거래 (Deal, dealings, transactions). (various references) | |
Lombard | bottega (business, trade). (various references) | |
Manx | jannoo (accomplish, accomplishment, act, build, cast, coalesce, commit, committal, compose, conferment, conformation, construct, construction, create, deal, deed, do, effect, execute, fabricate, fashion, fend, fill, follow out, formation, goings on, keep, make, manufacture, perform, performance, performing, perpetrate, perpetration, persuance, practise, produce, production, render; doing, structure, style, transact, transactions). (various references) | |
Papiamen | negoshi (business, trade), komersio (business, commerce, trade). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ansactiontray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | transação (deal, negotiation), transacção (business, trade). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | transação. (various references) | |
Romanian | tranzacţie (agreement, bargain, business, dealings, deals, go), afacere (affair, affairs, bargain, business, business deal, case, commerce, concern, deal, dealings, enterprise, go, job, matter, palaver, pennyworth, percentage, show, speculation, tasks, trade, undertaking), înscris (certificate). (various references) | |
Russian | сделка (bargain, deal, Dutch bargain, truck, wet bargain). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | transakcija, posao (affair, business, chore, job, ongoings, truck, work), obavljanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | transacción (deal, trade), operación (motion, operation). (various references) | |
Swedish | transaktion (deal, trade), affär (affair, bargain, boutique, business, business deal, business operation, case, commerce, concern, job, matter, proposition, shop, show, store, trade, venture). (various references) | |
Tagalog | negósyo (business, commerce, trade). (various references) | |
Turkish | muamele (deal, dealing, doings, procedure, proceeding, treatment, turn, usage), işlem (banking, bargain, operation, procedure, proceeding, process, processing, treatment), alixveríx (business, commerce, trade). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | справа (act, affair, biz, brief, business, case, cause, deed, discipline, employ, enterprise, nevermind, point, proposition, shebang, thing), ведення (prosecution). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thực hiện (actualization, effectuation, execution, exercise, materialization, performance, realization), sự giải quyết sự quản lý kinh doanh, công việc kinh doanh (shew, shewn, show, shown). (various references) | |
Welsh | trafodaeth (discussion). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acta, actum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "transaction": transactional, transactions. (additional references) | |
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"Transaction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: transaccion, transacion, transactor, transanction, transection, translaction, transnation, transtation, trasaction, trinacrian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "transaction" (pronounced tranza"kshun) |
| 6 | -z a" k sh u n | exaction. |
| 5 | -a" k sh u n | faction, abstraction, action, attraction, contraction, diffraction, dissatisfaction, distraction, extraction, fraction, inaction, infraction, interaction, liquefaction, reaction, retraction, satisfaction, subtraction, traction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | fiction, abduction, addiction, advection, affection, affliction, auction, benediction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, conduction, confection, conjunction, connection, constriction, construction, contradiction, convection, conviction, correction, crucifixion, deconstruction, deduction, defection, depiction, dereliction, destruction, detection, diction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissection, distinction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, eviction, extinction, flexion, friction, function, imperfection, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, injection, injunction, inspection, instruction, insurrection, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intersection, introduction, introspection, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, objection, obstruction, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, prediction, predilection, preelection, production, projection, protection, recollection, reconstruction, redirection, reduction, reelection, reflection, reinspection, reintroduction, rejection, reproduction, restriction, resurrection, sanction, section, seduction, selection, subsection, suction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: carnations, castration, constraint, tarnations. | |
-2 letters: carnation, constrain, natations, nonartist, raincoats, tarnation, tractions, transonic. | |
-3 letters: actinons, annattos, arnattos, canonist, cantinas, carotins, castrati, castrato, citators, constant, contains, contrast, intrants, natation, ocarinas, oscitant, raincoat, ricottas, sanction, sonantic, sonatina, strontia, strontic, tactions, traction, transact. | |
-4 letters: acrasin, actinon, actions, anattos, annatto, anoints, antiars, anticar, arnatto, arnicas, aroints, artisan, astatic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: recantations, transactions. | |
+2 letters: antiromantics, contaminators, contrabandist, transactional, translocating, translocation. | |
+3 letters: antimonarchist, contrabandists, fractionations, intercalations, intracutaneous, ratiocinations, recontaminates, transductional, translocations. | |
+4 letters: antimonarchists, antiromanticism, centralizations, congratulations, connaturalities, contraindicates, decontaminators, nonaristocratic, nonparticipants, procrastinating, procrastination, transcriptional. | |
+5 letters: anticonservation, antiromanticisms, coadministration, containerisation, interassociation, intracutaneously, nonmaterialistic, procrastinations, recontaminations, romanticizations, transcontinental. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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