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  2. Mode (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music theory, the term mode or modus is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context.. Its most common use may be described as a type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic and harmonic behaviors.

  3. API - Wikipedia

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    In building applications, an API simplifies programming by abstracting the underlying implementation and only exposing objects or actions the developer needs. While a graphical interface for an email client might provide a user with a button that performs all the steps for fetching and highlighting new emails, an API for file input/output might give the developer a function that copies a file ...

  4. Royalty payment - Wikipedia

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    A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset. Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold of an item of such, but there are also other modes and metrics of compensation.

  5. Cash on delivery - Wikipedia

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    A British cash on delivery registered letter from 1940s London showing 4s 7d due on delivery.. Cash on delivery (COD), sometimes called payment on delivery, [1] cash on demand, payment on demand or collect on delivery [2] is the sale of goods by mail order where payment is made on delivery rather than in advance.

  6. Factoring (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Factoring is a financial transaction and a type of debtor finance in which a business sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.

  7. Faster Payments - Wikipedia

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    Faster Payments logo. The Faster Payments Service (FPS) is a United Kingdom banking initiative to reduce payment times between different banks' customer accounts to typically a few seconds, from the three working days that transfers usually take using the long-established BACS system.

  8. Hundi - Wikipedia

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    In this case the merchant on whom the hundi is drawn is of some 'credit worthiness' in the market and is known in the bazaar. A sahyog hundi passes from one hand to another until it reaches the final recipient, who, after reasonable enquiries, presents it to the drawee for acceptance of the payment.

  9. Instant payment - Wikipedia

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    Instant payment (sometimes referred to as real-time payment or faster payment) is a method of electronic funds transfer, allowing for almost immediate transfer of money between bank accounts. This was in contrast to the previous transfer times of one to three business days that had been in place until the mid-2010s.