TRANSACT

Verb

transact (third-person singular simple present transacts, present participle transacting, simple past and past participle transacted)

(transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform some action.

(transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something.

(intransitive) To conduct business.

To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

Source: Wiktionary


Trans*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transacting.] Etym: [L. transactus, p. p. of transigere. See Transaction.]

Definition: To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

Trans*act", v. i.

Definition: To conduct matters; to manage affairs. [R.] South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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