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(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization. / An agent or representative. / A commission agent.

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Source Word

factor

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfæk.tə/

Noun

obsolete Scotland

Japanese Meaning

（時代遅れ）他の人や組織のために物事を行う者、作り手 / （時代遅れ）代理人、代表者 / （時代遅れ）コミッション（手数料）を得る仲介業者

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They called him a factor of the rebellion, though few understood his true motives.

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彼らは彼を反乱の首謀者と呼んだが、彼の真の動機を理解している者はほとんどいなかった。

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Sense（1）

(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

The factor of the trading post bought the furs.

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Sense（2）

An agent or representative.

Sense（3）

A commission agent.

Sense（4）

A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.

Sense（5）

A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.

Sense（6）

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.

The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.

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Sense（7）

(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.

3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.

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Sense（8）

(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.

The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.

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Sense（9）

(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.

The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.

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