How to pronounce factor
American English pronunciation
FAK-ter
- IPA
- /ˈfæktɚ/
- Syllables
- FAK · ter (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What factor means
Most people know factor in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A merchant who buys and sells goods for someone else
In a sentence: The farmer sent his cotton to a factor in the port, who sold it for him.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin factor, a doer or maker, from the verb facere, to do or make.
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