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Definition: Transaction

Transaction

Noun

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Transaction

DomainDefinition

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.

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Specialty Definition: Database transaction

(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:

  1. Begin the transaction
  2. Execute several queries (although any updates to the database aren't actually visible to the outside world yet)
  3. Commit the transaction (updates become visible if the transaction is successful)

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.

Transactions are supported in some form or other in database systems like Mimer SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle.

See also:

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: 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.
EntrySourceExpressionField
TRACEEnglishTransaction Accounting Control and EndorsingN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Transaction

Synonyms: dealing (n), dealings (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Transaction

ContextSynonyms 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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Crosswords: Transaction

English words defined with "transaction": Acceptance of goodsbargainer, bargaining, barter away, Bookkeeping by double entry, Bookkeeping by single entry, bring inCash sales, charter, clear, closing price, commercial briberydealer, declaration, double entry, double-entry bookkeeping, downtickearn, engage, entrygainhedger, hirein hand, In process, Innocent partykickbacklease, ledger entry, Lloyd'smakeprincipal, Privity, Proceedings of a society, pull in, pyramidrake off, ready money, realise, realize, record, Regular sales, rentShoeing-horntake, take in, third party, To mean business, town meeting, Transaction of a societyuptickView of premises. (references)
Specialty definitions using "transaction": ABC transaction, arm's length transactionClosed-End Transactiondepreciatory transactionex-pit transactionnotional transactionOn-Line Transaction Processing, outright transactionsham transactionTransaction Application Language, transaction identifier, transaction processing, Transaction Processing Facility. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Transaction" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (deal, dealing, settlement, transaction).

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Modern Usage: Transaction

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Transaction

DomainTitle

References

  • Axiohm Transaction Solutions, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • National Transaction Network, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Transaction Network Services, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Managing the Transaction (reference)

  • Principles of Transaction Processing (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Ibm Transaction Processing And Data Collection Kit (reference)

  • Done Deals Complete Transaction Handbook (reference)

  • Purchasings Transaction Price Service - Lumber Products (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Transaction

Photos:
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Photo Album: Transaction

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

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.

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Historic Usage: Transaction

AuthorDateQuotation

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Transaction

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Transaction

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: Transaction

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797I shall cause the papers on this very transaction to be laid before you.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809In the transaction of their business I can not have escaped error.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Transaction

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.65%2,2533,918
Noun (proper)0.22%5157,705
Noun (common)0.13%3202,518
                    Total100.00%2,261N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Transaction

CountryName
USA

Axiohm Transaction Solutions, Inc.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Transaction

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Transaction

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

transaction

122

business transaction

11

transaction processing

85

web transaction services

10

transaction processing system

51

electronic transaction processing

10

currency transaction report

34

transaction merchant services

10

programmation transaction

33

transaction log

9

transaction security

22

transaction monitoring

9

microsoft transaction server

22

code hipaa set transaction

9

internet transaction software

20

immobiliere maxime sainte transaction

9

secure electronic transaction

20

transaction coordinator

9

transaction management

20

publisher transaction

9

ecommerce transaction processing

19

transaction verification system

9

real estate transaction

15

fujitsu solution transaction

8

transaction register

15

edi transaction set

8

commerce services transaction

14

transaction fee

8

transaction cost

14

credit card transaction processing

7

online transaction

13

sap transaction code

7

transaction processing software

13

delivery system transaction

7

transaction network services

12

cics transaction gateway

6

online transaction processing

11

premium processing transaction

6

arms length transaction

11

ecommerce transaction software

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Transaction

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Transaction

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

acta, actum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Transaction

Derivations

Words beginning with "transaction": transactional, transactions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Transaction"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "transaction" (pronounced tranza"kshun)
6-z a" k sh u nexaction.
5-a" k sh u nfaction, abstraction, action, attraction, contraction, diffraction, dissatisfaction, distraction, extraction, fraction, inaction, infraction, interaction, liquefaction, reaction, retraction, satisfaction, subtraction, traction.
4-k sh u nfiction, 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 nfacilitation, 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.

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Anagrams: Transaction

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.

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INDEX

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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