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Definition of Factor
Factor

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.

A steward or bailiff of an estate.

One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.

To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

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Factor Quotations

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.
Carter G. Woodson

I mean, there's a little bit that gets out, but for the most part, the thing that makes us work, and makes our family successful, and our life successful, is when we walk home and we walk into our doors of our house, all that other stuff is left outside. It's not a factor.
Tim McGraw

The primary factor is proportions.
Arne Jacobsen

Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
Eduardo Chillida

In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor.
Leo Ornstein

Factor Translations

factor in German is Faktor
factor in Latin is officina
factor in Norwegian is faktor
factor in Spanish is factor
factor in Swedish is faktor


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