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• contributing — adjective tending to bring about; being partly responsible for (Freq. 1) working conditions are not conducive to productivity the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city a contributory factor • Syn: ↑conducive, ↑contributive,… …   Useful english dictionary

• factor — This noun has several precise meanings, but it is loosely and vaguely used to mean element, condition, or situation, which themselves are terms of jargon. One factor that made me take the job was the salary offered can better be expressed I took… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• factor — (1) The percent of the original face of an MBS pool that remains outstanding at any given time is called the current factor. Principal payments, made by the borrowers, reduce the original face every month. Thus there is a new current factor each… …   Financial and business terms

• Factor — A financial institution that buys a firm s accounts receivables and collects the debt. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. factor fac‧tor 1 [ˈfæktə ǁ ər] noun 1. [countable] one of many things that influence or affect a situation: •… …   Financial and business terms

• Factor analysis — is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved, uncorrelated variables called factors. In other words, it is possible, for example, that variations in …   Wikipedia

• factor — fac·tor n [Medieval Latin, doer, maker, agent, from Latin, maker, from facere to do, make] 1: one who acts or transacts business for another: as a: a commercial agent who buys or sells goods for others on commission b: one that lends money to… …   Law dictionary

• contributing force — index determinant, expedient, factor (ingredient), instrument (tool) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• factor — n. 1) a contributing; critical, deciding, determining, essential, major factor 2) (math. and fig.) a common factor 3) (meteorology) a wind chill factor 4) a safety factor 5) a factor in * * * [ fæktə] critical deciding determining …   Combinatory dictionary

• factor — n. & v. n. 1 a circumstance, fact, or influence contributing to a result. 2 Math. a whole number etc. that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression. 3 Biol. a gene etc. determining hereditary character. 4 (foll. by… …   Useful english dictionary

• factor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, important, main, major, relevant, significant ▪ one of the most significant factors ▪ critical …   Collocations dictionary

• factor — fac•tor [[t]ˈfæk tər[/t]] n. 1) one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation 2) math. one of two or more numbers, algebraic expressions, or the like, that when multiplied together produce a given product; a divisor: 6 and… …   From formal English to slang