In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FACTORS
Noun
factors
plural of factor
Verb
factors
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factor
Anagrams
• forcast
Proper noun
Factors
plural of Factor
Anagrams
• forcast
Source: Wiktionary
FACTOR
Fac"tor, n. Etym: [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See Fact.]
1. (Law)
Definition: 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. Story. Wharton. My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. Marlowe.
2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
3. (Math.)
Definition: One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer.
Fac"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factored (-trd); p. pr. & vb. n. Factoring.] (Mach.)
Definition: To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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