How to Spell factor
factor
factor - noun
- One who acts or transacts business for another: such as
- One that lends money to producers and dealers (as on the security of accounts receivable)
- A good or service (such as land, labor, or capital) used in the process of production
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Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Middle English factour "doer, perpetrator, commercial agent," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin factor "maker, creator, perpetrator" (Medieval Latin, "commercial agent, broker"), from fac-, stem of facere "to make, bring about, perform, do" + -tor, agent suffix
Word family
factors, factory
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