(computing) An atomicoperation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
“An enterprise is an economic transactor with autonomy in respect of financial and investment decisionmaking, as well as authority and responsibility for allocating resources for the production of goods and services.”
“When it came to the occasional transactor category, the joint winners were Tesco and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, with Nationwide in third place.”
“The transactor uses rewards and sanctions to motivate employees.”