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dividend. A dividend in addition to the regular dividend. / Extraordinary meeting. English term for a meeting of the shareholders (stockholders) of a company to act on some unusual proposition, such as an increase of capital or reconstruction (reorganization). Ex-warehouse. English term, meaning the same as exstore; see Ex-store. F Face value. The face value of stocks and bonds is the value printed on the face of them—the amount they are i ued for or call for; same as par value. For additional information see: ale Factor. An agent employed to sell goods consigned to him. The difference between a factor and a broker is that the factor is entrusted with the property which he is to dispose of while the broker, in a strict sense, is only employed to make a bargain for the sale of property. The term factor is most commonly used in the cotton trade.: The word factor is often used in the sense of influence, force or element, as a factor in the situation or in the money market or stock market. 193