Execution and Factor

noun

• Putting a condemned person to death.
  • synonyms: executing, capital punishment, death penalty
• The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it.
  • usage: "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
  • synonyms: performance, carrying out, carrying into action
• Computer science. ( the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer)
  • synonyms: instruction execution
• Law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it. ( so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable)
  • synonyms: execution of instrument
• A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out.
  • synonyms: writ of execution
• The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order.
  • usage: "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
  • synonyms: implementation, carrying out
• Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
  • synonyms: murder, slaying

• (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
• (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
• (n.) The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting or piece of music.
• (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
• (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed or a will.
• (n.) A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
• (n.) The act of sacking a town.
• (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

Execution is the process of completing an order to buy or sell securities. Once a trade is executed, it is reported by a Confirmation Report; settlement (payment and transfer of ownership) occurs in the U. S. Between one (mutual funds) and three (stocks) days after an order is executed. The time varies greatly across countries. In France, for example settlements are only once per month.

noun

• Anything that contributes causally to a result.
  • usage: "a number of factors determined the outcome"
• An abstract part of something.
  • usage: "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
  • synonyms: component, constituent, element, ingredient
• One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer.
  • usage: "what are the 4 factors of 6"
  • synonyms: divisor
• A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission.
  • synonyms: agent, broker
• Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together.
• An independent variable in statistics.
• Genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity. (
  • usage: "genes were formerly called factors"
  • synonyms: gene, cistron

verb

• Resolve into factors.
  • usage: "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"
  • synonyms: factor in, factor out
• Be a contributing factor.
  • usage: "make things factor into a company's profitability"
• Consider as relevant when making a decision.
  • usage: "You must factor in the recent developments"
  • synonyms: factor in, factor out

• (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.
• (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
• (n.) One of the elements, circumstances or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
• (v.t.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
• (n.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.

1. The percent of the original face of an MBS pool that remains outstanding at any given time is called the current' factor'. Principal payments, made by the borrowers, reduce the original face every month. Thus there is a new current factor each month. The current face is always equal to the product of the original face times the current factor. 2. An individual or firm that purchases accounts receivable from firms in need of working capital. Usually, a specialized financial firm engaged exclusively or almost exclusively in factoring.