transactional

quid pro quo

Reciprocal exchange of value

• reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
• exchangeMutual giving and receiving
• barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange

swap · give-and-take · tit-for-tat · mutual · conditional · trade-off · bargain · haggle · negotiation · concession

commerce

Exchange of goods, services

• retailSales to end users
• salesRevenue from goods moved
• customerBuyer of goods

vendor · supplier · invoice · purchase · wholesale · franchise · merchant · buyer · seller · contract

ACID

Transaction property guarantee

• commitBind to a course
• rollbackReturn to prior condition
• SQLDatabase manipulation language

atomicity · durability · consistency · isolation · concurrency · lock · query · database · serialization · batch processing

currency

Medium of exchange

• exchange rateCurrency conversion value
• tradeExchange of commodities
• commoditiesTradeable raw materials

stocks · bonds · fiscal · monetary · ledger · accounting · credit · debit · clearing · settlement

communication

Exchanging ideas or information

• interactionReciprocal action between parties
• feedbackReturned response data
• dynamicsStudy of forces

exchange · dialogue · correspondence · messaging · email · handshake · acknowledgment · protocol · interface · touchpoint

detached

Apart or uninvolved

• unemotionalLacking outward feeling
• businesslikePractical and methodical
• formalFollowing strict protocol

perfunctory · mechanical · cold · distant · superficial · arm's length · professional · matter-of-fact · calculating · instrumental

• emailsreply, forward, CC, BCC, subject line
• business adjectivescommercial, corporate, economic, financial, fiscal
• databasesSQL, table, databases, database, tables
• Quantum InterpretationsCopenhagen, hidden variables, Everett, relational, modal
• managementmanagers, management, executives, boss, supervisors
• service modelssubscription, freemium, pay-per-use, pay per use, on-demand