Cause vs. Factor

Because.

a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result

The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.

a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression

The one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result.

a level on a scale of measurement.

A basis for an action or response; a reason

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

A goal or principle served with dedication and zeal

an agent who buys and sells goods on commission

The interests of a person or group engaged in a struggle

another term for factorize

A lawsuit or criminal prosecution.

(of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor

The ground or basis for a lawsuit.

One that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result, or process

A subject under debate or discussion.

One who acts for someone else; an agent.

To be the cause of or reason for; result in.

One who purchases accounts receivable at a discount.

To bring about or compel by authority or force

(Mathematics) One of two or more quantities that divides a given quantity without a remainder. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6; a and b are factors of ab.

The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement

Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.

A gene. No longer in technical usage.

(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

(Physiology) A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.

(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.

To determine or indicate explicitly the factors of

Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.

To engage in purchasing accounts receivable at a discount.

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.

(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

(transitive) To set off an event or action.

An agent or representative.

(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.

(legal)

(obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

A commission agent.

alternative form of 'cause; because

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

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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

That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

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

Sake; interest; advantage.

(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.

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.

(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.

Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.

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.

(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

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.

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

To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

To be a product of other objects.

Abbreviation of Because.

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

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;

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.

a justification for something existing or happening;

A steward or bailiff of an estate.

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.

any entity that causes events to happen

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.

a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;

anything that contributes causally to a result;

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;

an abstract part of something;

any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

an independent variable in statistics

(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;

resolve into factors;