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factorship
Variant of factor
noun
- a person who carries on business transactions for another; commission merchant; agent for the sale of goods entrusted to his possession
- 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
- any of the circumstances, conditions, etc. that bring about a result; element or constituent that makes a thing what it is
- Biol. gene
- Math. any of two or more quantities which form a product when multiplied together
transitive verb
☆ Math. to resolve into factors
intransitive verb
to act in the capacity of a factor
Related Forms:
- factorable adjective
- factorship noun
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