Transacted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A process involving the completion of a business deal or the exchange of services, money, or goods takes place
2. The execution of a transaction includes carrying out an agreement or the transfer of resources between entities
3. Carried out the process of exchanging goods, services, or money in a formal agreement

Etymology: "Transacted" is the past tense and past participle of "transact," and the verb itself is a back-formation from "transaction," which is the more basic of the two. A back-formation works in reverse: speakers saw the noun "transaction" and inferred a verb from it, rather than the verb coming first and the noun being built on it. The alternative account traces "transact" directly to Latin "trānsāctus," the past participle of "trānsigere," meaning "to drive through" or "to carry through to completion." That Latin root explains the sense. "Trānsigere" combines "trāns," meaning "across" or "through," with "agere," meaning "to drive or do." To transact something is to drive a matter through to its end, which is why the word fits a deal that has been carried out from start to finish. Whichever route English took, the core idea of getting something done all the way through has stayed intact.

Synonyms: conducted, executed, performed, completed, carried out

Antonyms: failed, aborted, cancelled