factor
- noun
- /ˈfæktər/
- Archaic
- He served as a factor for several merchants, helping them reach a broader market.
Examples
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As a factor in the trade deal, she negotiated better prices on behalf of her clients.
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And when we met with the factors to borrow money so we could do the bridge line.
Fiction book (1994) -
My factor will call upon your grace's factor.
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I say, Joan, Major Foster, MacNeil's factor is here beside me.
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Jubal Atkins was the site factor in charge of handling shipping and inventory.
Fiction book (1998) -
The company hired a factor to handle the sale of its new product.
Synonyms
A person who helps and represents someone in business, legal, or official matters
A person who buys and sells things for other people for a fee
A person who buys goods or services for a company
A person or company who finds buyers for someone and gets a fee
Compounds
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A natural substance that makes cells divide and change into different types
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A method that finds a few hidden groups in many related survey questions or measurements
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A number showing how much stronger a structure is than the weight it must carry
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The amount of extra force on an aircraft compared with its weight, measured in g
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A number greater than one that can only be divided by one and itself and divides another number exactly
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A number that shows how well sunscreen protects your skin from the sun's harmful rays
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A number used to multiply an amount in one unit to get the same amount in another unit
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A protein on the surface of red blood cells that shows whether blood types match
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A protein in the blood that helps blood form clots and stop bleeding
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A part of the mind like attention and memory that affects how people think and act
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Average number of binary digits needed to show one digit in another number system
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A number that shows how much incoming light or sound a material absorbs
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A B vitamin called thiamine that prevents beriberi and helps the body use energy from food
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A blood protein that helps blood clot and whose lack causes hemophilia A
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Relating to a method in data analysis that finds a few hidden causes of many measured things
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A protein released by blood platelets that starts blood clotting by making thrombin
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A blood protein that helps stop bleeding and whose lack causes hemophilia B, a disease with heavy bleeding
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A number you multiply one amount by to get another amount that changes the same way
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How many times stronger a structure or part is than the largest force it may meet in normal use
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A way of showing data using a few important numbers to study or compare it
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A blood protein that helps start clotting and whose low levels make clotting slow
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A blood protein that helps blood clot, whose lack makes people bleed too much
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The largest number that divides evenly into two or more whole numbers without leaving a remainder
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A chemical made in the brain that tells another gland to release growth hormone
The largest positive whole number that divides two or more numbers exactly
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A chemical made in the hypothalamus that tells the pituitary gland to release other hormones
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A stomach substance that helps absorb vitamin B12 in the intestines
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A chemical made in the hypothalamus that tells the pituitary gland to send out a certain hormone
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An antibody in the blood often found in people with rheumatoid arthritis that helps doctors decide if they have it
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A hormone made in the brain that tells the pituitary gland to release a hormone that controls the thyroid
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A standard test people fill in to measure 16 basic personality traits
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A substance that breaks a gel in tissue so fluid or medicine can move into the tissue
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Some white blood cells make a protein that causes inflammation and can kill cancer cells
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word factor comes from Latin factor (from facere, 'to do' or 'to make'), and it once meant a person who acted for others. That is why a business factor is an agent who 'does' trade or business for a company.