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Factor
1. A financial intermediary that purchases receivables from companies.

2. In terms of mortgages, the ratio of principal outstanding to the original balance.

Notes:
1. The sale of accounts receivables is called factoring.


Factor
A financial institution that buys a firm's accounts receivable and collects the accounts.

factor
A firm that purchases accounts receivable from another firm at a discount. The purchasing firm then attempts to collect the receivables.

factor
To sell accounts receivable to another party at a discount from face value. Thus, a firm in need of cash to pay down short-term debt may decide to factor its accounts receivable to another firm.

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If diffuse, persistent, and bilateral bleeding is not related to arterial hypertension, dissection technique, or local infection, a rapid and detailed analysis of coagulation factors should be considered.
The preclinical data from these studies showed no evidence of systemic plasmin activity, no consumption of coagulation factors and no effect on bleeding time.
Coagulation factors are proteins that guide the thinning and clotting of blood.
 
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