Adjective
transactional (comparative more transactional, superlative most transactional)
Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.
(psychology, sociology) Based on value derived from transactions rather than on morals, ethics, or principles; pragmatic or amoral rather than moral.
Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about such nature.
Cooperation has a transactional nature, we agree it is a mutual good. Collaboration is deeper, we don't know what the transaction is, or if there is one, but if I give of myself to this collaboration, some good will come out of it. You have to trust somebody to collaborate. Ward Cunningham
Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional. Patti Smith
New applications will have to deal with big data. We have to analyze it on the fly, so we have to have a system that is transactional and analytical at the same time. We cannot have a multi-stage system. This is too slow for modern applications. Hasso Plattner
Im a transactional lawyer; I negotiate all types of things, but with a particular focus in software licenses. Keith Rothfus
I'm a transactional lawyer, which involves a lot of negotiation. If nothing else, that's given me a good eye for human motivation and frequent case studies in peculiar psychological quirks. I think that's served me fairly well as a writer. Paul S. Kemp
Social conservatives should be sober realists about DJT. His support for us, where he has given it (e.g. judges), is transactional. He does not share our principles nor has he lived (or aspired to live) by them. There is real danger of his discrediting them among persuadables. Robert P. George