Assertion: agent | /r/HasProperty | mercantile intermediaries
Facets:
value: before the 20th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Before the 20th century, factors were mercantile intermediaries whose main functions were warehousing and selling consigned goods, accounting to principals for the proceeds, guaranteeing buyers' credit, and sometimes making cash advances to principals prior to the actual sale of the goods.