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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A steward or bailiff of an estate.
3. noun. One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
4. noun. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
5. transitive verb. To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
6. noun. (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"

   Synonyms: cistron, gene

7. noun. an independent variable in statistics
8. noun. an abstract part of something

   "jealousy was a component of his character"

   "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"

   Synonyms: component, constituent, element, ingredient

9. noun. anything that contributes causally to a result

   "a number of factors determined the outcome"

10. noun. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

    Synonyms: agent, broker

11. noun. any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
12. noun. one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

    "what are the 4 factors of 6?"

    Synonyms: divisor

13. verb. resolve into factors

    "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"

14. verb. consider as relevant when making a decision

    "You must factor in the recent developments"

15. verb. be a contributing factor

    "make things factor into a company's profitability"

Synonyms

cistron, gene, component, constituent, element, ingredient, agent, broker, divisor

Common word forms

factors, factored, factoring, factorise, factorize, factorable

Words from these letters

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