Factor

Quick meaning: Factor is a noun meaning An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.

Meaning

An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.

More Meanings

1. A commission agent.
2. A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
3. A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
5. (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
6. (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
7. (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

Example Sentences

The factor of the trading post bought the furs.

The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.

The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.

My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.

Word Forms

• factors
• factour
• factoring
• factored

Synonyms for factor

Depending on context, synonyms include component, element, agent, constituent, broker, divisor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include agent, constituent, component, broker, divisor, ingredient.

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