factor

/ˈfæktə/ · noun

Meaning

A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
An agent or representative.
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.
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
(of a number or other mathematical object) To be a product of other objects.
(commercial) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

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