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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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