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Transaction vs Fulfil - What's the difference?

transaction | fulfil |

As a noun transaction

is the act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

As a verb fulfil is

(archaic) to fill up.

transaction

English

(wikipedia transaction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
  • A deal or business agreement.
  • An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
  • (finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
  • (computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
  • (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society

    • Related terms

    * transact * transactional * transactive

    See also

    * piece of the action ----

    fulfil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (US)

    Verb

    (fulfill)
  • (archaic) To fill up.
    • My lady is positively fulfilled of grace.
  • * 1870 , James Thomson,
    • The silence which benumbs or strains the sense
    Fulfils with awe the soul's despair unweeping
  • To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
    • You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfil it.
  • To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
    • This job fulfils me in a way my last one never did.
  • To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
    • Unfortunately, you don't fulfil the criteria for extra grants at the present time.

    Derived terms

    * (UK) - fulfilment, fulfilled, fulfilling, fulfillable * unfulfilled