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factoring

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of rewriting an expression as the product of its factor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of factor

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: factorization, factorisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: resolution, resolving

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ֆակտորինգ (faktoring) — financial transaction
  • Finnish: factoring — financial transaction
  • Finnish: faktorointi — financial transaction
  • French: affacturage — financial transaction
  • Indonesian: anjak piutang — financial transaction
  • Irish: fachtóireacht — financial transaction
  • Polish: faktoring — financial transaction
  • Portuguese: factoring — financial transaction
  • Russian: факторинг (faktoring) — financial transaction
  • Russian: разложение на множители (razloženije na množiteli) — financial transaction
  • Russian: разложение на дроби (razloženije na drobi) — financial transaction
  • Russian: представление в виде произведения (predstavlenije v vide proizvedenija) — financial transaction
  • Spanish: factoring — financial transaction
  • Asturian: factorización — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Catalan: factorització — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Catalan: descomposició en producte de factors — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • French: factorisation — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Galician: factorización — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Italian: fattorizzazione — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Italian: scomposizione in fattori — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Portuguese: fatoração — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Portuguese: factorização — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors
  • Spanish: factorización — rewriting an expression as the product of its factors