Cause vs. Factor
Causenoun
The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
Causenoun
Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
Causenoun
(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
Causenoun
(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
Causenoun
Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
Causenoun
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
Causeverb
To set off an event or action.
Causeverb
To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
Causeverb
To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
Causenoun
That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Causenoun
That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
Causenoun
Sake; interest; advantage.
Causenoun
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
Causenoun
Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
Causenoun
The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
Causeverb
To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; - usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
Causeverb
To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
Causeconjunction
Abbreviation of Because.
Causenoun
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;
Causenoun
a justification for something existing or happening;
Causenoun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
Causenoun
any entity that causes events to happen
Causenoun
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
Causeverb
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Causeverb
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
Factornoun
(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
Factornoun
An agent or representative.
Factornoun
(legal)
Factornoun
A commission agent.
Factornoun
A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
Factornoun
A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
Factornoun
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
Factornoun
(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
Factornoun
(root cause analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
Factornoun
(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
Factornoun
(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Factorverb
(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
Factorverb
To be a product of other objects.
Factorverb
To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
Factornoun
One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.
Factornoun
A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Factornoun
One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.
Factornoun
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.
Factorverb
To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
Factornoun
anything that contributes causally to a result;
Factornoun
an abstract part of something;
Factornoun
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
Factornoun
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;
Factornoun
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Factornoun
an independent variable in statistics
Factornoun
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity;
Factorverb
resolve into factors;
Factornoun
a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result
Factornoun
a gene that determines a hereditary characteristic
Factornoun
a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression
Factornoun
a number or algebraic expression by which another is exactly divisible.
Factornoun
a level on a scale of measurement.
Factornoun
(with numeral) a sunscreen of the sun protection factor specified
Factornoun
any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation.
Factornoun
an agent who buys and sells goods on commission
Factornoun
a company that buys a manufacturer's invoices at a discount and takes responsibility for collecting the payments due on them.
Factornoun
a land agent or steward
Factornoun
an agent, deputy, or representative.
Factorverb
another term for factorize
Factorverb
(of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor
