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Fattore |
Pronunciation : Fac"tor
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See Fact.]
Definition : 1. (Law)
Defn: 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. Story. Wharton. My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. Marlowe.
2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
3. (Math.)
Defn: One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Fac"tor
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
t. [imp. & p. p. Factored (-trd); p. pr. & vb. n. Factoring.] (Mach.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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