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factorage

factorage

9.9
A business that sells other people's goods for a fee
  • noun
  • /ˈfæktərɪdʒ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : agencia
  • Many businesses rely on factorage to manage their sales.

Examples

  • The company specializes in factorage services.

  • The local farmers rely on the factorage to sell their produce and receive a fair commission.

  • He inherited the family factorage and quickly expanded its client base.

  • The merchant relied on a reputable factorage to handle his overseas shipments.

  • Many small producers use a factorage to sell their goods in foreign markets.

  • In the bustling marketplace, a new factorage opened, offering to handle goods for local artisans.

  • He decided to start a factorage after noticing the demand for a service that helps vendors distribute their merchandise.

Synonyms

brokerage
vsfactorage
60 5.8

A company that helps people buy and sell things like stocks for a fee

handles and sells clients goods directly and earns commission
agenting
vsfactorage
  • Jargon
1 7.9

Work of representing authors or actors and arranging deals for them

focuses on handling and selling physical goods for a commission

How Big

to trade
291 2.3
trading operations
  • Specialized
1 4.4
factorage
  • Archaic
9.9
local agency
6 3.0

Surface Forms

factorage singular
factorages plural

Morphology

factorage = factor (semi-transparent) = factor + age

The word is regularly built from 'factor' plus '-age', but the office or business sense is somewhat specialized rather than fully predictable for a learner.

Etymology

Factorage comes from factor, originally a person who 'does' selling for others, and the root fac- ('to do'), like the word factory. So factorage can mean the business or office where a factor handles and sells goods for others and earns a commission.