factors
Syllables: fact·orsUK/ˈfæktəz/US/ˈfæktɚz/
factors is the plural of factor.
factors is the third-person singular simple present indicative of factor.
Meaning of factor
Noun
factor (plural factors)
- A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
- The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
- An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
- My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published...
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Factors
Factors
- plural of Factor
Phrases with factors
- x factors
- factors in
- bus factors
- duh factors
- factors out
- fit factors
- gut factors
- ick factors
- wow factors
- care factors
- form factors
- kata factors
59 more phrasesFewer phrases
- load factors
- plus factors
- pull factors
- push factors
- time factors
- warp factors
- yuck factors
- death factors
- fudge factors
- Gamow factors
- human factors
- match factors
- motor factors
- paper factors
- phase factors
- power factors
- prime factors
- space factors
- bugger factors
- common factors
- crunch factors
- growth factors
- impact factors
- pucker factors
- Rhesus factors
- safety factors
- sleaze factors
- tissue factors
- factors through
- acentric factors
- clotting factors
- contempt factors
- daylight factors
- judicial factors
- Falklands factors
- feel-good factors
- absorption factors
- correction factors
- rheumatoid factors
- Sommerfeld factors
- wind chill factors
- coagulation factors
- van 't Hoff factors
- anti-nuclear factors
- nerve growth factors
- factors of production
- transcription factors
- animal protein factors
- breakeven load factors
- Darcy friction factors
- highest common factors
- sun protection factors
- tumor necrosis factors
- greatest common factors
- tumour necrosis factors
- critical success factors
- currency adjustment factors
- vascular endothelial growth factors
- granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors
Questions about factors
- What is factors the plural of?
- Factors is the plural of factor.
- What part of speech is factors?
- Factors is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce factors?
- Factors is pronounced /ˈfæktɚz/ (US).
Words near factors in the dictionary
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