- 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
Origin of factor
fig. use of factornoun any of the circumstances, conditions, etc. that bring about a result; element or constituent that makes a thing what it is- Biol.
- gene
- a substance that has a particular effect on the body physiologically, as the Rh factor in clotting blood
- Math. any of two or more quantities which form a product when multiplied together
Origin of factor
Middle English factour from Old French facteur from Classical Latin factor, doer, maker from past participle of facere, doMath. to resolve into factors
to act in the capacity of a factor
factor Idioms
factor in (or into)
to include as a factor
factor out
to exclude as a factor
