"factor" Definition

Definitions for the word "factor" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 circumstance etc. Contributing to a result. 2 whole number etc. That when multiplied with another produces a given number. 3 a business agent. B scot. Land-agent, steward. C agent, deputy. [latin: related to *fact]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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