factor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈfæk.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈfæk.tʰɹ̩] (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈfæk.təɹ/ (General-American)
- /ˈfæk.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈfæk.tʰə] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. ▲ Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour English factor Inherited from Middle English factour, from Middle French facteur, Anglo-Norman factour, and their etymon Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).
Meanings
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(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
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An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
And let such as will number the Kings of Castile and Portugall amongst the warlike and magnanimous conquerors, seeke for some other adherent then my selfe, forsomuch as twelve hundred leagues from their idle residence they have made themselves masters of both Indias, onely by the conduct and direction of their factors, of whom it would be knowne whether they durst but goe and enjoy them in person.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 21, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.
c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, (please specify the page):Motor factors — Good factors will stock all of the more important components which wear out relatively quickly.
1985, Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, BMW:What does he therefore, but resolvs to give over toyling, and to find himself out som factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; som Divine of note and estimation that must be.
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
- A commission agent.
- A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
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One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
1864-1898, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology the material and dynamical factors of nutrition
The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.
The UN, for its part, has suggested eating insects as a way of feeding those extra mouths, which may put the frankenmeat ick factor in perspective.
2013 August 6, John Michael McGrath, “The Frankenmeat of the Future”, in Hazlitt:
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Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
The first thousand primes[…]marched in order before him[…]the complete sequence of all those numbers that possessed no factors except themselves and unity.
1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 38:The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
The formula adjusts for region and season by multiplying by a prescribed factor for each.
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(qualifier:causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.
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A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
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(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
the factor was so scrupulous, as to keep the whole thing from his master, the lord chamberlain
1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| factour | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| factors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
antihemophilic factor B (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · duh factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · telefactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · wife acceptance factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · P-factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Lorentz factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · misfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · clotting factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · prefactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor through (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · safety factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Rh factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor market (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · X-factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · sun protection factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorization (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · warp factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · counterfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · CDI factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · overfactorization (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Darcy friction factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · plus factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · wow factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorial (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor space (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · antihemophilic factor A (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Rhesus factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · absolute uterine factor infertility (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · aggravating factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · neurofactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · coagulation factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · breakeven load factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorial table (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor ring (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · daylight factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · mitigating factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · prime factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · x-factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · eigenfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · multifactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Falklands factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · highest common factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · immunofactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · van 't Hoff factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · kata factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · phase factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · von Willebrand factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · limiting factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Q factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · bus factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · gut factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorial experiment (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Gladue factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · power factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · care factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · cord factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · transfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Christmas factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor IX (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Revelle factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · wind chill factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · A factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · dissipation factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · biofactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · fit factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · risk factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · bifactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · anti-nuclear factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · contempt factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor VIII (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · X factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor II (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorability (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · superfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · nerve growth factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · correction factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · space factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · red factor canary (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · fudge factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · ick factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · tumour necrosis factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · Bambi factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorage (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · judicial factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · tumor necrosis factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · crunch factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · g-factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · trifactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · tissue factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · care factor zero (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · nonfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · cofactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · citrovorum factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · greatest common factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor graph (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor analysis (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · match factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · formfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · time factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · multi-factor authentication (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · interfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · currency adjustment factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorist (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · critical success factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorship (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorable (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · feel-good factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · sleaze factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · two-factor authentication (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factoress (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · corn-factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorless (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · bugger factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · subfactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factorize (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor ideal (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · latte factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · death factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · vascular endothelial growth factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · oncofactor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · absorption factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · underfactorization (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · motor factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · impact factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factress (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · factor VII (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · yuck factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · growth factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · x factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms)) · pucker factor (Terms derived from factor (noun) (some may be hyponyms))
Hyponyms
load factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · distribution factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · pull factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · push factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · S-factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · power transfer distribution factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · rheumatoid factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · paper factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · form factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · colony-stimulating factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · factor of production (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · incremental power transfer distribution factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · animal protein factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · Sommerfeld factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · acentric factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · Gamow factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · common factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · K-factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun)) · transcription factor (Hyponyms of factor (noun))
Relateds
successor · × ×... = (multiplication, factorization; factor) · fact (Terms etymologically related to factor (noun)) · + +... = (addition, summation) · √ = (root extraction; degree) · − = (subtraction) · factory (Terms etymologically related to factor (noun)) · faction (Terms etymologically related to factor (noun)) · × = (multiplication, factorization; multiplier) · + = (addition, summation) · Or sometimes (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient) · = (exponentiation; base) · ÷ = (division; dividend) · fashion (Terms etymologically related to factor (noun)) · log(base) = (logarithmization)
Translations (217)
pt factor (integral part) · la opes (economic resource) · cmn 生产要素 (economic resource) · nb faktor (integral part) · pt fator (mathematical sense) · sv faktor (mathematical sense) · hi कारण (influence) · pl pełnomocnik (doer, maker) · ru аге́нт (doer, maker) · sh čimbenik (doer, maker) · sh činilac (integral part) · it fattore (mathematical sense) · rif axeddam (doer, maker) · ru комиссионе́р (doer, maker) · fr facteur (integral part) · ae 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (doer, maker) · et tegur (mathematical sense) · ru фа́ктор (doer, maker) · es factor (mathematical sense) · da faktor (influence) · ky фактор (doer, maker) · hu faktor (integral part) · sk násobiteľ (mathematical sense) · ms faktor (mathematical sense) · km កត្តា (integral part) · ru показа́тель (mathematical sense) · lad rekurso (economic resource) · ko 인수 (mathematical sense) · id faktor (integral part) · tr faktör (integral part) · lad fazedor (doer, maker) · ary عامل (mathematical sense) · vi thừa số (mathematical sense) · tr faktör (doer, maker) · el παράγοντας (integral part) · fi tekijä (influence) · gl factor (mathematical sense) · tl kabuo (mathematical sense) · uk коефіціє́нт (mathematical sense) · be чы́ньнік (integral part) · es hacedor (doer, maker) · fa-ira فاکْتور (mathematical sense) · id faktor (mathematical sense) · ru причи́на (influence) · pl faktor (doer, maker) · la pars (integral part) · tr etken (doer, maker) · ru дви́жущая си́ла (integral part) · cmn 因素 (influence) · sh činitelj (doer, maker) · sk faktor (mathematical sense) · ms faktor (integral part) · rmq ulabador (mathematical sense) · ja 要因 (influence) · hu tényező (integral part) · pl czynnik (influence) · ru фактор (influence) · be чы́ннік (influence) · de Makler (doer, maker) · vi yếu tố (influence) · gd bàillidh (doer, maker) · pl faktor (mathematical sense) · uk чи́нник (integral part) · sd حصو (integral part) · ary قاسم (mathematical sense) · sv faktor (integral part) · bg фа́ктор (integral part) · lad factor (influence) · yi פֿאַקטאָר (influence) · et tegur (integral part) · bg коефицие́нт (mathematical sense) · de Faktor (influence) · uk чи́нник (influence) · el παράγοντας (influence) · de Kommissionär (doer, maker) · uk фа́ктор (influence) · de Faktor (mathematical sense) · fr agent (doer, maker) · fr ressource (economic resource) · tr amil (doer, maker) · pl czynnik (integral part) · ca factor (mathematical sense) · uk мно́жник (mathematical sense) · be мно́жнік (mathematical sense) · la elementum (integral part) · ar عَامِل (integral part) · hu tényező (influence) · th ปัจจัย (integral part) · pl mnożnik (mathematical sense) · pt fator (influence) · is þáttur (mathematical sense) · rif amessuḍ (mathematical sense) · ary سبب (influence) · rif lmawarid (economic resource) · yi פֿאַקטאָר (integral part) · uk фа́ктор (integral part) · rif ssebba (Oriental Tarifit/Taqar'isht) (influence) · vi nhân tố (influence) · ary عامل (influence) · la factor (mathematical sense) · ru коэффицие́нт (mathematical sense) · de Faktor (integral part) · sh faktor (mathematical sense) · hu szorzótényező (mathematical sense) · hu együttható (mathematical sense) · nb faktor (mathematical sense) · be фа́ктар (integral part) · da agent (doer, maker) · ru фа́ктор (integral part) · cmn 代理商 (doer, maker) · fr facteur (economic resource) · pt fazedor (doer, maker) · ga toisc (integral part) · cs faktor (mathematical sense) · sd عنصر (influence) · az amil (influence) · fi tekijä (doer, maker) · ary جزء (integral part) · nl uitvoerder (doer, maker) · gl factor (integral part) · ko 요인 (influence) · nb årsak (influence) · az amil (integral part) · da faktor (integral part) · bg мно́жител (mathematical sense) · rmq siba (influence) · he עוֹשֶׂה (doer, maker) · cs faktor (integral part) · es agente (doer, maker) · ary فاعل (doer, maker) · la factor (doer, maker) · fi osatekijä (influence) · fr facteur (influence) · be каэфіцые́нт (mathematical sense) · gd maor (doer, maker) · gd seumarlan (doer, maker) · cmn 約數 /约数 (mathematical sense) · ga fachtóir (mathematical sense) · he גּוֹרֵם (influence) · ko 대리상 (doer, maker) · rmq capitalí (economic resource) · hi गुणक (mathematical sense) · sd جزو (mathematical sense) · rif amur (integral part) · cs činitel (doer, maker) · lad factor (mathematical sense) · ug ئامىل (doer, maker) · tr çarpan (mathematical sense) · la causa (influence) · es factor (economic resource) · hu szorzó (mathematical sense) · rif aḥric (integral part) · lad cabsa (influence) · sd وسيلو (economic resource) · ru дове́ренное лицо́ (doer, maker) · ko 인자 (integral part) · rif ameggay (doer, maker) · lad parte (integral part) · sh čimbenik (mathematical sense) · cmn 因數 /因数 (mathematical sense) · sk činiteľ (doer, maker) · be фа́ктар (influence) · sv faktor (influence) · hi कारक (doer, maker) · hi घटक (integral part) · la facultas (economic resource) · ko 대리인 (doer, maker) · rmq arzí (economic resource) · la momentum (influence) · he גּוֹרֵם (mathematical sense) · ary مورد (economic resource) · he חלק אינטגרלי (integral part) · ja 因子 (integral part) · de Agent (doer, maker) · pt fator (doer, maker) · gv faghteyr (mathematical sense) · be чы́ньнік (influence) · tl salik (integral part) · rmq partí (integral part) · fi tekijä (integral part) · az vuruq (mathematical sense) · ga fachtóir (doer, maker) · pl faktor (integral part) · es factor (integral part) · ceb sab-oy (mathematical sense) · km កត្តា (influence) · km កត្តា (mathematical sense) · it fattore (integral part) · tr etken (integral part) · rmq querador (doer, maker) · ru представи́тель (doer, maker) · la divisor (mathematical sense) · bg аге́нт (doer, maker) · he גּוֹרֵם יִצּוּר (economic resource) · fr facteur (mathematical sense) · fa-ira کارْگُزار (doer, maker) · nb faktor (influence) · da faktor (mathematical sense) · he גּוֹרֵם (integral part) · pl czynnik (mathematical sense) · fa-ira فاکْتور (integral part) · ja 因数 (mathematical sense) · be чы́ннік (integral part) · es recurso (economic resource) · fi tekijä (mathematical sense) · es factor (influence) · cmn 因子 (integral part) · fi edustaja (doer, maker) · bg фактор (influence) · ru мно́житель (mathematical sense) · ast factor (mathematical sense) · hu elem (integral part) · mi tauwehe (mathematical sense) · it fattore (influence) · bg фактор (economic resource) · ja 代理人 (doer, maker) · cmn 资源 (economic resource)