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transaction
A business process in which something is exchanged, especially a financial transfer, a purchase, or a sale.
Jede Transaktion mit der Kreditkarte wird sofort auf dem Kontoauszug angezeigt.
Every transaction made with the credit card appears immediately on the bank statement.
'Transaktion' (transaction) is an international word that comes from Latin. Words ending in '-tion' are almost always feminine in German (die) and often belong to formal or technical language.
Die Kommunikation zwischen den Abteilungen muss besser werden.
Communication between the departments needs to improve.
In a business context, 'Transaktion' is often combined with verbs such as 'durchführen' (to carry out), 'abschließen' (to complete), or 'abwickeln' (to process).
Wir müssen diese Transaktion noch heute abschließen.
We still have to complete this transaction today.
You can easily recognize the meaning from context. In everyday life and business, a 'Transaktion' is usually about money or business dealings. In computer science, the word refers to data processing.
Die letzte Transaktion auf meinem Konto war eine Kartenzahlung im Supermarkt.
The last transaction on my account was a card payment at the supermarket.
process / trial
'der Prozess' and 'die Transaktion' can both describe a sequence of steps, especially in business or computer science. 'Prozess' is the more general word for a process or for a running program. 'Transaktion' is more specific: in business, it usually refers to a purchase, sale, or money transfer. In computer science, it means a fixed unit of program steps that is carried out either completely or not at all. The words can be confused because every transaction has a process. But not every process is a transaction.
Die Bank bestätigte die Transaktion erst nach einigen Minuten.
The bank confirmed the transaction only after a few minutes.
Der Prozess im Computer läuft im Hintergrund weiter.
The process on the computer continues running in the background.