factorable

Variant of factor

factor definition

fac·tor (fak′tər)

noun

    1. a person who carries on business transactions for another; commission merchant; agent for the sale of goods entrusted to his possession
    2. an agent, as a banking or finance company, engaged in financing the operations of certain companies, or in financing wholesale and retail sales, through the purchase of accounts receivable

  2. Etymology: < fig. use of sense 4

    any of the circumstances, conditions, etc. that bring about a result; element or constituent that makes a thing what it is
  3. Biol. gene
  4. Math. any of two or more quantities which form a product when multiplied together

Etymology: ME factour < OFr facteur < L factor, doer, maker < pp. of facere, do

transitive verb

☆ Math. to resolve into factors

intransitive verb

to act in the capacity of a factor

Related Forms:

factor Idioms

factor in (or into)

to include as a factor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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