Dictionary definition(s) for: transaction

• n., An act or several interconnected acts in which more than one person is involved and by which the relations of those persons are altered.
  [ Archives - School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) Glossary ]
  School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. "Select List of Archival Terminology." School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/students/Archival_Terminology.pdf.
• n., A unit of interaction with a DBMS or similar system. It must be treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) ]
  FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing. http://foldoc.org/.
• n., An act capable of changing the relationship between two or more physical or juridical persons.
  [ Archives - Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records , Page: 127 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, Terry Eastwood, and Heather MacNeil. Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
• n., An action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs (TISH).
  [ General Dictionaries - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
• n., Element in the organization of a file or consisting of documents which relate to a specific administrative action; case papers/files may be restricted to a single transaction (Canadain usage: transactional files).
  [ Archives - Dictionary of Archival Terminology ]
  Dictionary of Archival Terminology. 2nd rev. ed. Edited by Peter Walne. New York: K.G. Saur, 1988.