Dictionary Entry
factors
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈfæktəz/Word FrequencyCommon (5.57)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
In a Sentence
“The factor of the trading post bought the furs.”
Published Usage Examples
“With this fundamental point as a basis, we look to nature for two kinds of natural processes or factors, first, those which may originate variations as _primary factors_, -- the counterparts of human ingenuity and invention in the case of locomotive evolution, -- and the”
“factors and opportunity factors as well here ... we don't know exactly what combination resulted in his wanting to murder young women-exactly why”
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Origin
From Latin factor ‘doer’, from facere ‘to do’.
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