English term (edited): factor

Mi sugerencia se basa en las siguientes definiciones:

• factor
2. a. One who acts for someone else; an agent.
b. A person or firm that accepts accounts receivable as security for short-term loans.
(http://www.answers.com/topic/factor )

• factor
1. a. a person who carries on business transactions for another; commission merchant; agent for the sale of goods entrusted to his possession
b. an agent, as a banking or finance company, engaged in financing the operations of certain companies, or in financing wholesale and retail sales, through the purchase of accounts receivable
(http://www.yourdictionary.com/factor )

• factor
5. business somebody trading for commission: a person or organization that buys and sells goods for a commission
6. business business agent: an agent or transactor of business for somebody else
7. finance financing company: a business that makes loans to other businesses on the security of their accounts receivable or that buys their accounts receivable at a discounted price
(http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/Dictionary... )

En fin, habrá muchas otras similares. Evidentemente, se trata de una persona o compañía. Acá tienes algunos equivalentes en español (solamente incluyo los pertinentes):

• factor | administrador de fincas | agente comisionado | agente depositario, consignatario | comisionista al por mayor | comisionista
(Diccionario politécnico de las lenguas española e inglesa, http://books.google.com/books?id=ZIU4-UjfzYcC&pg=PA528&vq=fa... )

Curiosamente, recordaba de la película Rob Roy la frase "My factor will call upon Your Grace's factor." ¡Yo pensaba que el tipo se refería al contador!

Saludos,

Daniel