noun · neutral
transaction
/trænˈzæk.ʃən/tran·ZAC·tion
Band 5-6task2speaking
an instance of buying or selling something; any business deal or exchange
Examples
“The bank rejected the transaction because of suspicious activity.”
“Online transactions have become more secure in recent years.”
“Please keep the receipt for each transaction.”
Band 8 sentence
“Banks keep detailed logs of every transaction to help detect fraud and to comply with regulatory requirements.”
Collocations
- bank transaction
- online transaction
- complete a transaction
Word family
transactions noun (plural)transact verb
Common mistakes
do a transaction→make a transaction
Say it for a higher band
5deal→6operation→7+transaction
Synonyms
deal
Easily confused
deal
“They made a deal to swap books.”
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