different between transaction vs treaty

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 English trety, tretee, from Old French traitié, traieté, from Latin tractatus, from tracto.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?i?ti/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?t?i?ti/, /?t?i??ti/
• Rhymes: -i?ti

Noun

treaty (plural treaties)

1. (international law) A binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.

2. A formal agreement between two or more states.

See also

• protocol
• covenant
• convention
• exchange of letters
• exchange of note

Related terms

• tractate
• trait
• treat
• treatable
• treatment
• treatise

Translations

Further reading

• treaty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• treaty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• treaty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• attery, yatter