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transactory

transactory adjective: of or pertaining to transactions; transactional.

Adjective

transactory (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to transactions; transactional.
    • He proposed the individualisation of public costs and benefits, whereby each taxpayer would have a specific transactory relationship with government, and people could individually opt out of both the costs and the benefits of government programs[…].1997, Simon Marginson, Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen Since 1960, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 107

Origin of transactory

From transact + -ory.

Questions about transactory

What does transactory mean?
Transactory means of or pertaining to transactions; transactional.
What part of speech is transactory?
Transactory is an adjective.

Words near transactory in the dictionary

  1. transactivists
  2. transactivities
  3. transactivity
  4. transactor
  5. transactors
  6. transactory
  7. transacts
  8. transactual
  9. transacyclase
  10. transacylase
  11. transacylases

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