factour

Noun

factor (plural factors)

1. (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
   • The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
2. 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...
3. A commission agent.
4. A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
5. A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
6. 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.

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