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.
Related Definitions:
Agent,
An,
And,
Another,
Bailiff,
Be,
Broker,
Business,
Buy,
Commission,
Consignee,
Constituent,
Contribute,
Control,
Especially,
Estate,
Factor,
For,
Foreign,
From,
Goods,
He,
His,
Home,
In,
Into,
Intrusted,
Is,
May,
Mercantile,
Merchant,
Multiplied,
Name,
Of,
One,
Or,
Own,
Possession,
Produce,
Product,
Quantities,
Quantity,
Resolve,
Result,
Sell,
Steward,
Substitute,
The,
These,
To,
Together,
When,
Which,
Who,
With
Factor Quotations
I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.
Warren Buffett
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Theodore Roosevelt
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 avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes.
David Ogilvy
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
William James
Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
Dave Barry
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Isaac Asimov
A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.
Arthur Conan Doyle
The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
Orison Swett Marden
Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
Jack Nicklaus
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
Copyright © 2001 - 2012 BrainyQuote
BookRags Media Network
