Sekirov Dictionary

factor

UK /ˈfæk.tə/US /ˈfæk.təɹ/

noun 10
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 7

noun10

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one of the things that help to cause a result or change what it turns out to be
- The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
- The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.
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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.
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Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
- 3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
- The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
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.
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An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
- My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. — 1589
A commission agent.
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(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- the factor was so scrupulous, as to keep the whole thing from his master, the lord chamberlain — 1822
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(no longer used) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
- The factor of the trading post bought the furs.

verb4

To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
To be a product of other objects.
To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

forms

factored · factoring · factors

Phrases with factor

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