different between transaction vs occurrence

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

Etymology

From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia.

Morphologically occur +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k???n(t)s/, /??k????n(t)s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k??n(t)s/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??k???n(t)s/, /??k????n(t)s/
• In accents without the hurry-furry merger, /??/ is nevertheless occasionally heard through influence of occur.

Noun

occurrence (plural occurrences)

1. An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
2. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time.

   Antonym: state

   Hyponyms: accomplishment, achievement, activity

Usage notes

• This word is often misspelled occurence, occurrance or occurance.

Related terms

• recurrence

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.ky.???s/

Noun

occurrence f (plural occurrences)

1. occurrence

Derived terms

• en l'occurrence

Further reading

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