factor vs trustee

factor

verb
  • To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect. 

  • To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly). 

  • To be a product of other objects. 

noun
  • A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business. 

  • One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result. 

  • Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence. 

  • A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production. 

  • An agent or representative. 

  • A commission agent. 

  • A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable. 

  • A steward or bailiff of an estate. 

  • Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole. 

trustee

verb
  • To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. 

  • To commit (property) to the care of a trustee. 

noun
  • A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. 

  • A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another. 

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