transact
/ˌtɹænˈzækt/ verb
Forms transacts transacting transacted
- verb (transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform.
- verb (transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something.
- verb (intransitive) To conduct business.
- verb To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
Etymology
Back-formation from transaction, or else from Latin trānsāctus, past participle of trānsigere.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.
- verb To conduct matters; to manage affairs. [R.] South.
Etymology [L. transactus, p. p. of transigere. See Transaction.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “transact”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details