From transaction +‎ -al.

• (US) IPA^(key): /trænˈzækʃ(ə)nəl/

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transactional (comparative more transactional, superlative most transactional)

1. Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.
   • 2014, Tanya Bondarouk, Shared Services as a New Organizational Form, →ISBN, page 159:

     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.

2. (psychology, sociology) Based on value derived from transactions rather than on morals, ethics, or principles; pragmatic or amoral rather than moral.
   • 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

3. Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about this.