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To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.

One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. Derham.

A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.

specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction. These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker.

A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."

One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.

ormal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business. According to the fair play of the world, Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. Shak.

. for the day of audit. -- Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. [Obs.] Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money. Bacon.

A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.

A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.

An exchange for the transaction of business. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]

actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, an…

To transact business for another. [R.] Brome.

One who transacts business for another; an agent.

The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.

The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.