transacting

Exchanging goods officially

Transacting is conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, or other formal dealings.

The word implies an exchange or agreement between parties: We spent the morning transacting business with suppliers.

Someone transacting is actively engaged in completing deals, purchases, or official procedures rather than merely discussing them.

exchanging

swapping

Trading items mutually

transferring · conveying · interchange · exchange · trade-off · quid-pro-quo · substitution · conversion · trade-in · switching

negotiating

bargaining

Negotiating mutually acceptable terms

mediating · arbitrating · terms · conditions · counteroffers · concessions · compromise · agreement · contract · closing

commerce

buying

Obtaining through payment

wholesale · merchandising · e-commerce · marketplace · vendors · merchants · procurement · purchasing · vending · suppliers

conducting

executing

Carrying out a task

handling · managing · administering · facilitating · operations · workflow · paperwork · documentation · formalities · procedures

financial

banking

Financial institution transactions

withdrawals · credit · debit · clearing · settlement · remittance · ledger · accounting · billing · invoicing

Opposites
completion of exchange

transactingrefusing

Declining to accept

denying · rejecting · declining · blocking · canceling

activity vs. inactivity

transactingidling

Operating without working

abstaining · refraining · doing nothing · stagnating · standing by

stage of business process

transactingbrowsing

Casual examination of options

negotiating · deliberating · considering · exploring · contemplating

Phrases
Family

transaction, transactions, transactional

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G