fac|tor

fac|tor
fac|tor «FAK tuhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. any one of the causes that help to bring about a result; one element in a situation: »

Ability, industry, and health are factors of his success in school. Endurance is an important factor of success in sports.

2. any one of the numbers or expressions which produce a given number or quantity when multiplied together: »

5 and 2 are factors of 10.

3. a) a person who does business for another; an agent; commission merchant. b) an agent managing a trading post: »

[He] so impressed Hudson's Bay officials in London that he was transferred out of Labrador to Montreal as the company's chief factor (Maclean's).

4. Biology. a gene: »

The terms gene, factor, and determiner will be used as synonyms to designate the units responsible for the transmission of hereditary characters (Harbaugh and Goodrich).

5. Scottish. a person who manages an estate; steward; bailiff.
6. Law. a person appointed to manage property that is forfeited or taken away.
7. an agent or company that lends money to a firm which has not yet collected its bills. When the bills are collected, the firm pays the factor a commission on the bills paid and interest on the loan.
–v.t.
1. to separate or resolve into factors; factorize. to buy and collect the receivable accounts of (a business).
–v.i.
to be a factor; act or serve as a factor.
╂[< Latin factor, -ōris doer < facere make, do. See etym. of doublet faitour. (Cf. ↑faitour)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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