Factor

(faktor.) [ L., a maker-specifically, a maker of bargains. ] (Math.) A multiplicand or a divisor; any quantity which will multiply or divide another. The prime F. of a quantity are those F. which are not evenly divisible by any other quantity than 1.- (Com.) An agent employed to dispose of goods or merchandise, consigned or delivered to him by or for a principal, and paid by a commi ion, sometimes termed facto rage. [s. 353]