Word: factoring
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fac
tor
ing
Definition: A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
Morphemes:
Affix: fact
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: factum
Language: la
Decoded: factum
Meaning: a deed, act, exploit; in Medieval Latin also state, condition, circumstance
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.