Definition of factor
- n. - 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.
- n. - A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- n. - One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied
together, from a product.
- n. - One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which
contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
- v. t. - To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.