transazione
transaction
noun tran-zaht-TSYOH-neh Rare
Origin: Latin transactio, from transigere (to carry through)
Also means
settlement
Usage Note
Transazione covers both a financial transaction (transazione bancaria) and a legal settlement out of court (una transazione stragiudiziale). In everyday Italian banking, operazione is the more neutral term for a routine transaction, while transazione tends to imply a more formal or significant exchange. The plural is transazioni.
Examples
"La transazione è avvenuta in pochi secondi."
Natural Translation
The transaction took place in a few seconds.
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