put on the block vs transact

put on the block

verb
  • To sell something. 

  • To execute by beheading. 

transact

verb
  • To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc. 

  • To do, carry through, conduct or perform some action. 

  • To conduct business. 

  • To carry over, hand over or transfer something. 

How often have the words put on the block and transact occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )