different between transaction vs fulfilment

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?n-z?k'sh?n, IPA^(key): /t?æn?zæk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

transaction (plural transactions)

1. The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

   The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.

2. A deal or business agreement. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

   I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls.

4. (finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
5. (computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
6. (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society.
7. (in transactional analysis) A social interaction.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• piece of the action

Anagrams

• incantators

French

Etymology

From Latin transactio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.zak.sj??/

Noun

transaction f (plural transactions)

1. transaction (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “transaction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• (chiefly US) fulfillment

Etymology

From Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from full (“full”) +? fyllan (“to fill”). Equivalent to fulfill +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fo?ol-fíl-m?nt, IPA^(key): /f?l?f?l.m?nt/

Noun

fulfilment (countable and uncountable, plural fulfilments)

1. The act of fulfilling.
2. The state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization.
3. The act of consummating a desire or promise.
4. (business) The activities performed once an order is received to fulfill the order; packaging, distributing and shipping goods.

Translations

References

• The Random House College Dictionary 1973