factoring

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noun

A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.

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factorizationfactorisation
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Meanings

nounfactoring (plural factorings)

plural factorings

  1. A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
  2. mathematicsThe process of rewriting an expression as the product of its factor.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of factor

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

Similar
factorizationfactorisation
Broader
resolutionresolving
Also see
factorization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan factorització, descomposició en producte de factors
  • factoritzaciórewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • descomposició en producte de factorsrewriting an expression as the product of its factors
Finnish factoring, faktorointi
  • factoringfinancial transaction
  • faktorointifinancial transaction
French affacturage, factorisation
  • affacturagefinancial transaction
  • factorisationrewriting an expression as the product of its factors
Indonesian anjak piutang
  • anjak piutangfinancial transaction
Irish fachtóireacht
  • fachtóireachtfinancial transaction
Italian fattorizzazione, scomposizione in fattori
  • fattorizzazionerewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • scomposizione in fattorirewriting an expression as the product of its factors
Polish faktoring
  • faktoringfinancial transaction
Portuguese factoring, fatoração
  • factoringfinancial transaction
  • fatoraçãorewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • factorizaçãorewriting an expression as the product of its factors
Russian факторинг, разложение на множители
  • факторинг (faktoring)financial transaction
  • разложение на множители (razloženije na množiteli)financial transaction
  • разложение на дроби (razloženije na drobi)financial transaction
  • представление в виде произведения (predstavlenije v vide proizvedenija)financial transaction
Spanish factoring, factorización
  • factoringfinancial transaction
  • factorizaciónrewriting an expression as the product of its factors
Cite this entry
APA

factoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factoring

MLA

“factoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factoring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “factoring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factoring.

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