factor vs item

factor

noun
  • Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole. 

  • A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business. 

  • One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result. 

  • Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence. 

  • A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production. 

  • An agent or representative. 

  • A commission agent. 

  • A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable. 

  • A steward or bailiff of an estate. 

verb
  • To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect. 

  • To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly). 

  • To be a product of other objects. 

item

noun
  • A distinct physical object. 

  • A question on a test, which may include its answers. 

  • Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. 

  • A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account. 

  • An object that can be picked up for later use. 

  • A short article in a newspaper. 

  • A matter for discussion in an agenda. 

adv
  • likewise 

verb
  • To make a note of. 

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