| 单词 | factor |
| 释义 | factor —factorable, adj. —factorability, n. —factorship, n. /fak"teuhr/, n. 1. one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime. 2. Math. one of two or more numbers, algebraic expressions, or the like, that when multiplied together produce a given product; a divisor: 6 and 3 are factors of 18. 3. Biochem. any of certain substances necessary to a biochemical or physiological process, esp. those whose exact nature and function are unknown. 4. a business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable. 5. a person who acts or transacts business for another; an agent. 6. an agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name; a merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others. 7. a person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business. 8. See factor of production. 9. Scot. the steward or bailiff of an estate. v.t. 10. Math. to express (a mathematical quantity) as a product of two or more quantities of like kind, as 30 = 235, or x2 - y2 = (x + y) (x - y). Cf. expand (def. 4a). 11. to act as a factor for. v.i. 12. to act as a factor. 13. factor in or into, to include as an essential element, esp. in forecasting or planning: You must factor insurance payments into the cost of maintaining a car. [1400-50; late ME facto(u)r < L factor maker, perpetrator, equiv. to fac(ere) to make, do + -tor -TOR] |
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