maneuver vs transaction

maneuver

noun
  • Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. 

  • A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle. 

  • The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. 

  • A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. 

  • A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. 

verb
  • To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position. 

  • To guide, steer, manage purposefully 

  • To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme 

transaction

noun
  • The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans). 

  • A social interaction. 

  • A record of the proceedings of a learned society. 

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

  • A deal or business agreement. 

  • The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account. 

  • An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction). 

How often have the words maneuver and transaction occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )