factor
noun
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- (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
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fator,
factor
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- (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
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fator,
factor,
fazedor
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- An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
- (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.
- (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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factor
verb
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- (transitive) To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
- (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
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fatorar
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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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fatorar
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factoring
noun
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- (math) The process of rewriting an expression as the product of its factor.
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factorização,
fatoração
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- A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
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factoring
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factorization
noun
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- (mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors.
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fatorização
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