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factors

13 definitions • 24 examples
1
a fact or situation that influences the result of something:

Examples:

People's voting habits are influenced by political, social and economic factors.
factor in Money was an important factor in our decision to relocate.
major factor Price will be a major factor in the success of this new product.
crucial factor Grades are still a crucial factor in determining who gets into which university.
feel-good factor informal The film's success is largely due to its feel-good factor (= its ability to make people feel happy).
2
in mathematics, any whole number that is produced when you divide a larger number by another whole number:

Examples:

Two, three, four and six are all factors of twelve.
3
a particular level on some systems of measurement:

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4
If an amount becomes larger or smaller by a factor of a particular number, it becomes that number of times larger or smaller:

Examples:

Cases of leukaemia in the area near the nuclear reactor have risen by a factor of four.
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Examples:

Economic factors had a lot to do with their decision to sell the company.
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a number or variable (= letter or symbol) that is being multiplied in a product (= result of multiplying):

Examples:

In 6×3=18, 6 and 3 are factors of the product 18.
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A factor of a product is a number that the product can be divided by exactly.
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a business that buys the right to collect debts for another company and charges for collecting them:

Examples:

Using a factor can be a good way of getting better cashflow.
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the amount that a number is multiplied or divided by:

Examples:

a factor of 3/10/75, etc. You should reduce your final figures by a factor of three.
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a company or person that sells goods produced by another company using their own name, usually for payment
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something special that a product, idea, person, etc. has that makes them successful or makes people notice them:

Examples:

What's missing from this organization is the leadership factor.
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to sell the right to collect payments and debts owed to your company or organization to another business:

Examples:

How many of their operations are factored?
Factoring is just one way of raising capital in the short term.

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