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factor
 
Part of Speechnoun
Head Wordfac-tor
AuthorityStory.
Definition
  • 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.
Origin
  • L. cf. F. factor. Fact.
Field of Knowledge(Law)
 
Part of Speechtransitive verb (object required for the verb)
Head Wordfac-tor
Definition
Field of Knowledge(Mach.)



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