factor
Definition of factor:
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: noun
An agent employed by merchants or proprietors to do business for them, or to sell their goods on commission; in Scot., a land- steward; in arith., a multiplier or multiplicand.
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part of speech: noun
A doer or transactor of business for another; one who buys and sells goods for others, on commission; one of two or more quantities, which, multiplied together, form a product.
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Common misspellings:
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- xfactor (1.6%)
- factior (3.1%)
- facotor (3.1%)
- facter (31.3%)
- fatory (1.6%)
- facor (12.5%)
- fator (3.1%)
- fcator (14.1%)
- facotr (6.3%)
- facot (1.6%)
- facture (6.3%)
- factore (7.8%)
- factir (3.1%)
- facrot (1.6%)
- factpr (3.1%)
Usage examples for factor:
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What a strange, powerful factor love must be!
"Red Hair" – Elinor Glyn -
In either case the hunter experiences the delight born of a well- fed sense of superiority and self- pride; and this, notwithstanding all attempts to keep it in the background, is the most gratifying factor in every sporting indulgence.
"Fishing and Shooting Sketches" – Grover Cleveland -
It is evident that this must be an important factor in our estimate of the claims of the hero to our worship, especially since it is the more obscure side of his temperament, and the side generally overlooked altogether.
"The Story of the Mind" – James Mark Baldwin -
In all ages the progress of woman has been an important factor in the civilization of a people.
"Letters of a Javanese Princess" – Raden Adjeng Kartini Commentator: Louis Couperus
