[ˈfaktə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result
(e.g: his skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved)

- a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression
(e.g: an amount that exceeds it by a factor of 1000 or more)

- a level on a scale of measurement

- any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation

- an agent who buys and sells goods on commission
(e.g: his father was chief factor for the Hudson's Bay Company)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (meaning ‘doer’, also in the Scots sense ‘agent’): from French facteur or Latin factor, from fact- ‘done’, from the verb facere

[ˈfaktə], (Verb)

Definitions:

- organize (the source code of a piece of software) into different components that are easier to maintain and work with
(e.g: this situation occurs when code is factored to remove application- and domain-specific dependencies)

- (of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor
(e.g: they collected rents while he factored these forfeited estates)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (meaning ‘doer’, also in the Scots sense ‘agent’): from French facteur or Latin factor, from fact- ‘done’, from the verb facere