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 transactionmake a transaction

Say it for a higher band

5deal6operation7+transaction

Synonyms

deal

Easily confused

deal

They made a deal to swap books.

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