factor
/ˈfæktə/
Dictionary
noun
- A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
"The factor of the trading post bought the furs."
- An agent or representative.
- A commission agent.
- A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
"The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures."
- Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
"3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6."
- (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
"The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster."
- A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
- A steward or bailiff of an estate.
verb
- To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- (of a number or other mathematical object) To be a product of other objects.
- (commercial) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
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