- one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- one of two or more numbers, algebraic expressions, or the like, that when multiplied together produce a given product; a divisor: 6 and 3 are factors of 18.
- any of certain substances necessary to a biochemical or physiological process, especially those whose exact nature and function are unknown.
- a business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- a person who acts or transacts business for another; an agent.
- an agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name; a merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others.
- a person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- factor of production.
- the steward or bailiff of an estate.
- to express (a mathematical quantity) as a product of two or more quantities of like kind, as 30 = 2·3·5, or x2 − y2 = (x + y) (x − y).
- to act as a factor for.
- to act as a factor.
- to include as an essential element, especially in forecasting or planning: You must factor insurance payments into the cost of maintaining a car.
- an element or cause that contributes to a result
- maths
- one of two or more integers or polynomials whose product is a given integer or polynomial
- an integer or polynomial that can be exactly divided into another integer or polynomial
- any of several substances that participate in the clotting of blood
- a person who acts on another's behalf, esp one who transacts business for another
- a business that makes loans in return for or on security of trade debts
- former name for a gene
- a person to whom goods are consigned for sale and who is paid a factorage
- (in Scotland) the manager of an estate
- to engage in the business of a factor
