Factor (agent)
A factor, from the Latin "he who does" (from Latin facit, to do, parallel to agent, from Latin agens), is a person who professionally acts as the representative of another individual or other legal entity, historically with his seat at a factory (trading post), notably in the following contexts:
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“You factor in racism as a reality and you keep moving.”
—Jewell Jackson McCabe (b. 1945)