factor

1. factor (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

Example: The factor of the trading post bought the furs.

2. factor (noun) — sense 2

Definition: An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.

Example: My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.

3. factor (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A commission agent.

4. factor (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).

5. factor (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.

6. factor (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To be a product of other objects.