factor
An agent or representativeAn agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
» There are many factors.
Es gibt viele Faktoren.
Есть много факторов.
Существует множество факторов.
Є багато факторів.
Meaning
10 sensesAn agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
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.
The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.
Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
Faktor, Faktor
мно́жительmnóžitelʹ, коэффицие́нтkoefficiént, показа́тельpokazátelʹ
мно́жникmnóžnyk, коефіціє́нтkoeficijént, чи́нникčýnnyk
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.
Faktor
причи́наpričína, факторfaktor
чи́нникčýnnyk, фа́кторfáktor
A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
(Scotland)A steward or bailiff of an estate.
(obsolete)A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
Agent, Makler, Kommissionär
комиссионе́рkomissionér, фа́кторfáktor, аге́нтagént
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Examples
182 sentencesThere are many factors.
Є багато факторів.
ruЕсть много факторов.
deEs gibt viele Faktoren.
I don't think that's a factor.
ruНе думаю, что это играет роль.
There are several factors to consider.
There are many factors to consider.
There are other factors to consider.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English factour, from Middle French facteur, Anglo-Norman factour, aInherited 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”).
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Forms
plural: factorsSynonyms
9 synonyms- a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission:agentbroker
- one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer:divisor
- (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:genecistron
- an abstract part of something:componentconstituentelementingredient
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