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FACTORABLE

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fac⋅tor

  [fak-ter]
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–noun
1. one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
2. Mathematics. one of two or more numbers, algebraic expressions, or the like, that when multiplied together produce a given product; a divisor: 6 and 3 are factors of 18.
3. Biochemistry. any of certain substances necessary to a biochemical or physiological process, esp. those whose exact nature and function are unknown.
4. a business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
5. a person who acts or transacts business for another; an agent.
6. an agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name; a merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others.
7. a person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
8. factor of production.
9. Scot. the steward or bailiff of an estate.
–verb (used with object)
10. Mathematics. to express (a mathematical quantity) as a product of two or more quantities of like kind, as 30 = 2⋅3⋅5, or x2 − y2 = (x + y) (x − y). Compare expand (def. 4a).
11. to act as a factor for.
–verb (used without object)
12. to act as a factor.
—Verb phrase
13. factor in or into, to include as an essential element, esp. in forecasting or planning: You must factor insurance payments into the cost of maintaining a car.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME facto(u)r < L factor maker, perpetrator, equiv. to fac(ere) to make, do + -tor -tor

Related forms:
fac⋅tor⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fac⋅tor⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
fac⋅tor⋅ship, noun
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fac·tor   (fāk'tər)   
n.  

  1. One that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result, or process: "Surprise is the greatest factor in war" (Tom Clancy). See Synonyms at element.

    1. One who acts for someone else; an agent.

    2. A person or firm that accepts accounts receivable as security for short-term loans.

  3. Mathematics One of two or more quantities that divides a given quantity without a remainder. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6; a and b are factors of ab.

  4. A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement: The rate increased by a factor of ten.

  5. A gene. No longer in technical usage.

  6. Physiology A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.

tr.v.   fac·tored, fac·tor·ing, fac·tors
To determine or indicate explicitly the factors of.
Phrasal Verb(s):
factor inTo figure in: We factored sick days and vacations in when we prepared the work schedule.

[Middle English factour, perpetrator, agent, from Old French facteur, from Latin factor, maker, from facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
fac'tor·a·ble adj., fac'tor·ship' n.
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Word Origin & History

factor  (n.)
1432, "agent, deputy," from M.Fr. facteur "agent, representative," from L. factor "doer or maker," from facere "to do" (see factitious). Sense of "circumstance producing a result" is from 1816; the v. use in mathematics is attested from 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

factor

To sell accounts receivable to another party at a discount from face value. Thus, a firm in need of cash to pay down short-term debt may decide to factor its accounts receivable to another firm.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: fac·tor
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin, doer, maker, agent, from Latin, maker, from facere to do, make
1 : one who acts or transacts business for another: as a : a commercial agent who buys or sells goods for others on commission b : one that lends money to producers and dealers (as on the security of accounts receivable)
2 : a person or thing that actively contributes to the production of a result factor other than sex>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fac·tor
Pronunciation: 'fak-t&r
Function: noun
1 a : something that actively contributes to the production of a result b : a substance that functions in or promotes the function of a particular physiological process or bodily system
2 : GENE —fac·to·ri·al /fak-'tOr-E-&l, -'tor-/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

factor fac·tor (fāk'tər)
n.

  1. One that contributes in the cause of an action.

  2. A mathematical component that by multiplication makes up a number or expression.

  3. A gene.

  4. A substance, such as a vitamin, that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.

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