factor

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Synonyms: actor, fautor, fictor, facto, tactor, faitor, vactor, facter, fator

Antonyms: actor, fautor, fictor, facto, tactor, faitor, vactor, facter, fator

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Noun

{{lb|en|obsolete}} A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
{{senseid|en|agent, representative, reseller, distributor, etc}} An [[agent]] or [[representative]]; a [[reseller]] or [[distributor]] (sometimes with a [[private label]]); a [[consignee]].
{{lb|en|legal}}
{{senseid|en|contributing element}} One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
{{senseid|en|mathematics}} {{lb|en|mathematics}} Any of various objects [[multiply|multiplied]] together to form some whole.
{{senseid|en|causal analysis}}{{lb|en|causal analysis}} Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
{{lb|en|economics}} A [[resource]] used in the production of goods or services, a [[factor of production]].
{{lb|en|Scotland}} A [[steward]] or [[bailiff]] of an [[estate]].

{{lb|en|transitive}} To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
{{lb|en|transitive}} To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
{{lb|en|of a number or other mathematical object|intransitive}} To be a product of other objects.
{{lb|en|commercial|transitive}} To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

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