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/ˈfæk.təː/ · noun
(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization..
The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.
And let such as will number the Kings of Castile and Portugall amongst the warlike and magnanimous conquerors, seeke for some other adherent then my selfe, forsomuch as twelve hundred leagues from their idle residence they have made themselves masters of both Indias, onely by the conduct and direction of their factors, of whom it would be knowne whether they durst but goe and enjoy them in person.
What does he therefore, but resolvs to give over toyling, and to find himself out som factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; som Divine of note and estimation that must be.
Motor factors — Good factors will stock all of the more important components which wear out relatively quickly.
The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.
The UN, for its part, has suggested eating insects as a way of feeding those extra mouths, which may put the frankenmeat ick factor in perspective.
Use factor when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Factor means (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization..
Common synonyms include component, element, agent, constituent.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
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