English Explanatory Dictionary

factor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
  2. An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
  3. A commission agent.
  4. A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
  5. A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
  6. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
  7. Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
  8. Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
  9. A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
  10. A steward or bailiff of an estate.
verb
  1. To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
  2. To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
  3. To be a product of other objects.
  4. To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæk.təː/ [ˈfæk.tʰəː] /ˈfæk.tɚ/ [ˈfæk.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈfæk.tʰɹ̩] en-us-factor.ogg

Word forms

factor factors factour factoring factored

Etymology

From Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).

Related words

fact faction factory fashion successor × ×... = log(base) = + = + +... = − = × = ÷ = Or sometimes = √ =

Derived words

absolute uterine factor infertility absorption factor A factor aggravating factor antihemophilic factor A antihemophilic factor B anti-nuclear factor Bambi factor bifactor biofactor breakeven load factor bugger factor bus factor care factor care factor zero CDI factor Christmas factor citrovorum factor clotting factor coagulation factor cofactor contempt factor cord factor corn-factor correction factor counterfactor critical success factor crunch factor currency adjustment factor Darcy friction factor death factor dissipation factor duh factor eigenfactor factorability factorable factorage factor analysis factoress factor graph factorial factorial experiment factorial table factor ideal factor II factorist factor IX factorization factorize factorless factor market factor ring factorship factor space factor through factor VII factor VIII factress Falklands factor feel-good factor

Translations

Arabic: عَامِل Azerbaijani: amil Belarusian: фа́ктар Belarusian: чы́ннік Belarusian: чы́ньнік Bulgarian: фа́ктор Chinese Mandarin: 因子 Czech: faktor Danish: faktor Estonian: tegur Finnish: tekijä French: facteur Galician: factor German: Faktor Greek: παράγοντας Hebrew: גּוֹרֵם Hebrew: חלק אינטגרלי Hindi: घटक Hungarian: tényező Hungarian: elem Hungarian: faktor Indonesian: faktor Irish: toisc Italian: fattore Japanese: 因子 Khmer: កត្តា Korean: 인자 Malay: faktor Norwegian Bokmål: faktor Iranian Persian: فاکْتور Polish: czynnik Polish: faktor Portuguese: factor Russian: фа́ктор Russian: дви́жущая си́ла Serbo-Croatian: činilac Spanish: factor Swedish: faktor Tagalog: salik Thai: ปัจจัย Turkish: etken Turkish: faktör Ukrainian: чи́нник Ukrainian: фа́ктор Yiddish: פֿאַקטאָר
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