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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The amount of extra force on an aircraft compared with its weight, measured in g
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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 method that finds a few hidden groups in many related survey questions or measurements
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A protein on the surface of red blood cells that shows whether blood types match
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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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Some white blood cells make a protein that causes inflammation and can kill cancer cells
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A number showing how much stronger a structure is than the weight it must carry
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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 stomach substance that helps absorb vitamin B12 in the intestines
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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 blood protein that helps stop bleeding and whose lack causes hemophilia B, a disease with heavy bleeding
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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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The largest number that divides evenly into two or more whole numbers without leaving a remainder
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A part of the mind like attention and memory that affects how people think and act
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A protein released by blood platelets that starts blood clotting by making thrombin
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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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A number that tells how many times to use a value to get a result
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Relating to a method that finds a few hidden traits in lots of data
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A way of showing data using a few important numbers to study or compare it
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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 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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A protein in the blood that helps blood form clots and stop bleeding
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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
- Archaic
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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A number you multiply one amount by to get another amount that changes the same way
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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 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
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.