Definition of Factor

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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

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Theodore Roosevelt

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
Warren G. Bennis

Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
Dave Barry

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

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

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

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

Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.
Shia LaBeouf

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

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
Mao Tse-Tung

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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