as in sales
the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price
if you want to return any merchandise, make sure you keep the receipt for the initial sales transaction
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Recent Examples of transactions
Currently, the dollar is the primary currency for international trade transactions, however, last year, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on BRICS countries to create an alternative.
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Dearbea Walker, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
So far, the growth in use has primarily been driven by retail transactions—not bill payments.
—Rick Watkin, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
To meet consumer expectations for fast, secure transactions, businesses must enhance their payment offerings by integrating digital wallets and prioritizing real-time payment capabilities.
—Rick Watkin, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
This might involve techniques like distributed tracing to understand the end-to-end flow of transactions, real-time anomaly detection to identify emerging trends and patterns, and incident response to quickly diagnose and mitigate issues.
—Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Consider a large e-commerce platform that processes millions of transactions daily.
—Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
According to the Baseball Reference transactions page, since the trade deadline was going on during this run of ineptitude, an incredible 171 players got traded — all in that stretch when the White Sox never won a single freaking baseball game.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
These technologies power autonomous supply chains, customer interactions and even financial transactions, ensuring speed and consistency at scale.
—Kiran Yelamaneni, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Between blockchain technology integration and the growth of digital transactions and currencies, the landscape is ripe for tokenized assets—and fund management is a prime example of an industry benefiting from this.
—Matt Ong, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Dearbea Walker, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
So far, the growth in use has primarily been driven by retail transactions—not bill payments.
—Rick Watkin, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
To meet consumer expectations for fast, secure transactions, businesses must enhance their payment offerings by integrating digital wallets and prioritizing real-time payment capabilities.
—Rick Watkin, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
This might involve techniques like distributed tracing to understand the end-to-end flow of transactions, real-time anomaly detection to identify emerging trends and patterns, and incident response to quickly diagnose and mitigate issues.
—Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Consider a large e-commerce platform that processes millions of transactions daily.
—Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
According to the Baseball Reference transactions page, since the trade deadline was going on during this run of ineptitude, an incredible 171 players got traded — all in that stretch when the White Sox never won a single freaking baseball game.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
These technologies power autonomous supply chains, customer interactions and even financial transactions, ensuring speed and consistency at scale.
—Kiran Yelamaneni, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Between blockchain technology integration and the growth of digital transactions and currencies, the landscape is ripe for tokenized assets—and fund management is a prime example of an industry benefiting from this.
—Matt Ong, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Transactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transactions. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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