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fac·tor·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
factorization, factorisation, factoringnoun
(mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity
Wiktionary
factoringnoun
A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
ChatGPT
factoring
Factoring is the mathematical process of breaking down a number, equation, expression, or polynomial into its simplest components or factors. This process is used to simplify complex algebraic expressions, solve equations, or find the prime factors of a number. In business, factoring also refers to a financial transaction where a business sells its receivables to a third party (called a factor) to get immediate cash.
Webster Dictionary
Factoring
of Factor
Factoringnoun
the act of resolving into factors
Wikidata
Factoring
Factoring is a financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party 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% of the purchase price of the accounts, with the balance of the purchase price being paid, net of the factor's discount fee and other charges, upon collection from the account client. In "maturity" factoring, the factor makes no advance on the purchased accounts; rather, the purchase price is paid on or about the average maturity date of the accounts being purchased in the batch.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of factoring in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of factoring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of factoring in a Sentence
A sizeable percentage of the market is factoring in some sort of quantitative-easing announcement, so there's a touch of trepidation, investors have bought the rumour so they could sell the news.
The market's recent nervousness was factoring in a lot of uncertainty over China's GDP, so a weak number should be somewhat factored in while a strong figure could end up being a catalyst for better market sentiment.
Right now people are taking maximum negativity and factoring that out into the marketplace, the path of least resistance is down.
If this trend continues until Labor Day, Chicago might be on its way to a year with 500 or fewer homicides, which is closer to the normative number of murders in recent history, beginning in 2004 and factoring out 2016 and 2017 as aberrations.
Although the market should already have expected that the demand from China's (reserves) would not last forever, it is hard to predict when this time would come. So now that it has happened, the markets are just factoring this in.
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