Factor

Definition:

  • (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.
  • (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
  • (n.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
  • (n.) One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
  • (v. t.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Compare factor with other words:

dependence vs. factor

factor vs. quality

expression vs. factor

factor vs. fictor

factor vs. fautor

facto vs. factor

actor vs. factor

factor vs. factories

factor vs. source

factor vs. trait

factor vs. process

factor vs. primary

factor vs. industry

clause vs. factor

circumstance vs. factor

determinator vs. factor

factor vs. factorage

factor vs. influence

factor vs. feature

aspect vs. factor

factor vs. parameter

factor vs. reason

factor vs. rate

factor vs. indicator

factor vs. issue

coefficient vs. factor

factor vs. value

factor vs. produce

factor vs. portion

factor vs. variable

factor vs. fourfold

factor vs. reducible

factor vs. factoring

factor vs. irreducible

coucher vs. factor

evocator vs. factor

factor vs. multiple

factor vs. impetus

factor vs. macedonian

factor vs. glyph

factor vs. term

clear vs. factor

factor vs. threefold

composite vs. factor

endogenous vs. factor

critical vs. factor

factor vs. multiply

factor vs. vector

factor vs. ratio

factor vs. proportional

cancel vs. factor

contraindication vs. factor

factor vs. integral

determinant vs. factor

expand vs. factor

agency vs. factor

accidentalism vs. factor

factor vs. power

factor vs. thing

factor vs. quotient

factor vs. remainder

divisor vs. factor

division vs. factor

dividend vs. factor

factor vs. multiplicand

factor vs. multiplier

factor vs. multiplication