01 n. One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts busin…
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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.(Law)“My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.” — Marlowe.
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A steward or bailiff of an estate.[Scot.]
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One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.(Math.)
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One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.“The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition.” — H. Spencer.