factor
Definition 1
General: Constituent or element that brings about certain effects or results, or indicates a specific multiple, number, or quantity.
Definition 2
Financing: Person or firm who buys accounts receivable before their due date at a discounted price (see factoring for details).
Definition 3
Mathematics: (1) Variable under examination in a study. (2) Numerical expression of a value. (3) Ratio (often expressed as a percentage). (4) Number that divides a given number exactly. (5) Two or more expressions multiplied together.
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factor is in the Accounting & Auditing, Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.
factor appears in the definitions of the following terms:
dependent variable,
independent variable,
trend analysis,
Cox, Ingersoll, Ross Option-Pricing Model,
gestalt theory,
exogenous,
pro rata,
follow up,
analog costing,
deobligation
and
factor appears in these other terms:
debt factoring,
equivalent personnel factor,
demographic factors,
total factor productivity (FTP),
compensating factor,
vitiating factor,
efficiency factor,
scrap factor,
factoring,
bunker adjustment factor (BAF)
and
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