Another point to watch for is how long the whole transaction will take.

It caused me more pain than any thing else in the whole transaction.

"But full disclosure is the key to the whole transaction," he said.

The whole transaction took less than an hour, once the measurements were taken.

Leaving aside the rate of return question for a moment, consider the whole transaction.

The whole transaction, from looking to paying; took no more than ten minutes.

The whole transaction will take no more than a few hours, officials said.

"But having an agent who was working for us made the whole transaction a quality experience."

I laughed and felt better about the whole dubious transaction.

And I don't even want to think about how much time the whole transaction took.