factor
noun
/ˈfæk.tə/
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/ˈfæk.tɚ/
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- (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
- An agent or representative.
- (legal)
- A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- A commission agent.
- A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
- (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
- (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
- (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
- (Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
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factor
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factorize
verb
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- (mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
- (mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
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factoritzar
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