Look up: factoring

1. Factoring
   Sale of a firm's accounts receivable to a financial institution known as a factor.
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2. Factoring
   The selling of receivables to a financial insti­tution, the factor, usually “without recourse.�
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3. Factoring
   Factoring is a financial service by which a concern operating as a “Factoring House� or “Factoring Agency� will buy outright the debts of a client. The latter is then relieved of losses it may incur because of slow payment or financial difficulties of a customer and the trouble of collecting outstanding accounts.
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4. Factoring
   A means of raising working capital against trade debtors.
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5. Factoring
   Financial institutions provide this service. Companies receive payment for their unpaid sales invoices and the financial institution assist in the collection of the debts. The factoring company takes a percentage of this debt as a fee.
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6. Factoring
   A company which is owed money by trade debtors faces the risk of slow payment or default on those... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/factoring.htm?id=1903&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of factoring'>more</a>
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7. factoring
   Lending money to a company on the security of money owed to that company; this is often done on the basis of collecting those debts. The lender is known as the factor. Factoring may also describe...
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8. factoring
   a form of sales financing similar in nature to assignment credit in which the factor or factoring company (often the subsidiary of a bank) purchases the trade debts of its clients and collects them on its own behalf; a method of financing by selling the debts owing to a person or business to a third...
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9. Factoring
   Fac'tor·ing noun (Math.) The act of resolving into factors.
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10. factoring
    <mathematics> The act of resolving into factors. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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11. Factoring
    Sale of a firm`s accounts receivable to a financial institution known as a factor.
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12. Factoring
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Factor • (n.) The act of resolving into factors.
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13. factoring
    in finance, the selling of accounts receivable on a contract basis by the business holding them—in order to obtain cash payment of the accounts ... [2 related articles]
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14. Factoring
    The act of selling a company`s accounts receivable to another company or institution for collection. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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15. Factoring
    [trade] Photo of Ilia Vekua from the official web site of the Russian Academy of Sciences: http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-49830.ln-en The image is made and published in the Soviet Union before 1973. ...
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16. Factoring
    Factoring can refer to the following: ...
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17. Factoring
    [finance] Factoring is a financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party (called a factor) at a discount. In "advance" factoring, the factor provides financing to the seller of the accounts in the form of a cash "advance," often 70-85%...
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18. Factoring
    - Selling a RECEIVABLE at a discounted value to a third party for cash.
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19. Factoring
    This is when a business sells its invoices to a specialist company or bank which chases payment and pays a percentage of the invoice back to the original business. The business can then continue with its work and problems from cash-flow are reduced by having money from unpaid invoices up-front.
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20. factoring
    Lending money to a company on the security of money owed to that company; this is often done on the basis of collecting those debts. The lender is known as the factor. Factoring may also describe acting as a commission agent for the sale of goods
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21. FACTORING
    Advancing funds against future short term trade receivables, usually With Recourse. Can differ from simple Invoice Discounting because of additional services, such as sales ledger management which the factor company may provide.
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