Factor

Definition of factor:

part of speech: noun

A doer or transactor of business for another; one who buys and sells goods for others, on commission; one of two or more quantities, which, multiplied together, form a product.

part of speech: noun

An agent in trade; one of two quantities multiplied together.

part of speech: verb

Resolve into mathematical factors.

part of speech: noun

FACTORSHIP.

Usage examples for factor:

• Nevertheless, when all is said and duly considered, it is personality that is the greatest factor in the teacher. "Rural Life and the Rural School", Joseph Kennedy.

• The master got notice from the factor that, on his lease running out the following year, the rent would be raised. "The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825", Gordon Sellar.

• As long as I am a factor for usefulness I will cheerfully do my duty. "Sixty Years of California Song", Margaret Blake-Alverson.

• It was not the only factor by any means. "The Value of Money", Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr..