Buy
Buy noun - Something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price.
Transaction and buy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Transaction" instead a noun "Buy".
Transaction
Transaction noun - The transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price.
Usage example: if you want to return any merchandise, make sure you keep the receipt for the initial sales transaction
Buy and transaction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a noun "Transaction".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Everything they buy is put on file, every transaction they make leaves a datatrail straight to them, every ad they show interest in is monitored... All so that the corps get more of their money.
Source: Tabletop Game / Shadowrun - They live and die by trade, and they control the markets, which also lets them get a cut of every transaction and ban other empires from using the market to hire mercenaries or buy resources.
Source: Proud Merchant Race -
Every transaction you make, every ad you show interest in, your habits, your demographics, everything about you is observed and filed away so that they know how to get you to buy more stuff from them.
Source: Big Brother Is Watching
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