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Factoring – The selling of your company’s accounts receivables.  The purchasing firm is called a ‘Factor’. 

Fatty Acid – an organic  ( most commonly tallow & coconut oil) substance which reacts with a base to form soap. 

Filming – the development of a thin covering or coating. 

Fixed Asset – Machinery, furniture or fixtures used in the service or production of other assets or services.  Their service life extends beyond the limits of a single accounting year or tax period. 

Fixed Expenses – Costs that remain constant within a narrow range, regardless of your company’s sales volume. 

Flash Point – the temperature at which the vapor from a product will ignite. 

Float--The particles, dissolved finish, dirt and debris that is lifted of of floor and held in suspension by a stripping solution.

Floor Machine – (buffer)- a powered machine used to scrub or buff floors. 

Floor Finish – a floor coating used on vinyl composite tile and other related surfaces to create a sacrificial surface to protect the tile, also adds to the beauty of the tile and overall building appearance by having a high shine or deep gloss. 

Foam – a mass of bubbles formed on liquids by agitation. 

Fomites – any object or substance, other than food, that harbors or carries infectious organisms. 

Formaldehyde – preservative, sterilizing and disinfectant agent (gas or liquid). 

Fungi – Vegetable organisms that lack chlorophyll and are filamentous after such a structure.  Fungus includes mold, mildew, yeast and mushrooms. 

Fungicide -  A chemical agent that destroys fungi. 

Fungistate – Chemical which inhibits the growth of fungi.

  

 

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