transactional

adj — 3 senses

transactional

adj

US /trænˈzækʃ(ə)nəl/

Etymology From transaction + -al.

1

Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.

  • The primary function of the transactional HR SSC is the performance of the back- and front-office functions and processes through deployment of the operational service delivery capabilities.2014, Tanya Bondarouk, Shared Services as a New Organizational Form, →ISBN, page 159:
2

Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences, Social science, Sociology Based on value derived from transactions rather than on morals, ethics, or principles; pragmatic or amoral rather than moral.

  • Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN:
3

Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about this.

Derived terms
microtransactional, nontransactional, pretransactional, transactional analysis, transactional distance, transactional interpretation, transactionalism, transactionalist, transactionality, transactionalization, transactionalize, transactionally, transactional memory

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