Facilitation payment

A payment or consideration given to a government official or employee in order to get them to do what they should have done anyway. Unlike a bribe, the facilitation payment seeks no special consideration and is usually legal. See bribery.

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Factoring

In the context of international trade, the financial service consisting of the granting of cash in advance against accounts receivable from foreign customers. More generally, a range of financing and risk management services offered by specialized companies, called factors, to…

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