Factoring

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
  2. 2
    (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of rewriting an expression as the product of its factor.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of factor form-of, gerund, participle, present

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