Understand Any Word

Meaning

1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

   “The factor of the trading post bought the furs.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   An agent or representative.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A commission agent.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.

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

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.

   “3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   (causal analysis) 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.”

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    A steward or bailiff of an estate.

11. Meaning 11 · verb

    To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).

12. Meaning 12 · verb

    (of a number or other mathematical object) To be a product of other objects.

13. Meaning 13 · verb

    (commercial) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

How this word is used

• Everyday “The factor of the trading post bought the furs.”
• General “The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.”
• General “3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.”
• General “The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.”

Translate

Origin

Origin information unavailable.