Dictionary Entry
factor
factor is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.
- 2noun
A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- 3noun
One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
- 4noun
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
- 5transitive verb
To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
- 6noun
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
"genes were formerly called factors"
- 7noun
an independent variable in statistics
- 8noun
an abstract part of something
"jealousy was a component of his character"
"two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"
- 9noun
anything that contributes causally to a result
"a number of factors determined the outcome"
- 10noun
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- 11noun
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
- 12noun
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
"what are the 4 factors of 6?"
Synonyms
- 13verb
resolve into factors
"a quantum computer can factor the number 15"
- 14verb
consider as relevant when making a decision
"You must factor in the recent developments"
- 15verb
be a contributing factor
"make things factor into a company's profitability"
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