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transact

[tran-sakt, -zakt] / trænˈsækt, -ˈzækt /


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Countermeasures include visa denials and expulsion for foreign nationals, seizure of their assets in China and restrictions on their ability to transact with Chinese counterparts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The pickup in sales last month is a reminder that many buyers are ready to transact when supply expands and affordability conditions ease.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

It adds that employees should never use confidential or material, nonpublic information to transact.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

While a parent must open the account and can view their teen’s investments, balances and account activity, they cannot transact or withdraw from it.

From MarketWatch Mar. 26, 2026

To stay alive, you have to be able to hold out against equilibrium, maintain imbalance, bank against entropy, and you can only transact this business with membranes in our kind of world.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

That could jeopardize a trading relationship worth some $300 billion a year, just slightly less than Japan transacts with the U.S.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

“We are hearing that we are not just clients or countries that one transacts with, we want to be partners, and that’s certainly the spirit with which we are engaging them,” he said.

From Seattle Times Jun. 10, 2022

But it still transacts based on those stories, based on what it could become, based on what it intends to do, based on what it, in theory, might do in the future.

From Salon Feb. 17, 2022

Meanwhile, BlockFi, a company that offers traditional banking services such as loans and interest-bearing accounts but transacts in cryptocurrency, this summer was targeted by regulators in five states that accused it of selling unregistered securities.

From Washington Post Oct. 2, 2021

He is very pardonably proud of his clever wife, and efficiently transacts all her business arrangements, the two—so perfect an one—working, as it were, hand in hand.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.

Out of the properties transacted, 49 were previously in the private rental sector, while 30 were purchased for rental use.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Binance said the probe didn’t establish that any of its users transacted directly with a sanctioned entity, instead transmitting funds over several steps.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

A huge portion of such fraud is transacted in cryptocurrency.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2025

The Manhattan judge also said she lacked jurisdiction over BNP Paribas, which according to the heirs "routinely" provided cash in Switzerland to the Cuban central bank and transacted with entities that did business with it.

From Reuters Mar. 30, 2023

All of our drills and our fatigue duties are transacted under the insolent glare of rebel pickets.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

There were 59 million monthly transacting active users for Cash App in the month of June.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

It signals to every counterparty transacting with a designated party that it could be next, inducing it to sever its ties to Iranian-linked finance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

She is accused of breaching US sanctions against Iran, which prohibit US persons from transacting or dealing in Iranian goods or services without authorisation.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

If there are enough buyers and sellers transacting, that market is efficient.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2025

“I have heard my dear mothery talk about transacting business, so I have picked up the phrase,” replied Evelyn in thoughtful tones.

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.




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