This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English
  3. Accounting

factor

English translation: agent, intermediary

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:factor
Selected answer:agent, intermediary
Entered by: Jack Doughty

11:59 Oct 31, 2008
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
English term or phrase: factor
"Factors and Customs Broker"
"depending on what information the factors need"
Tatiana
Agent, intermediary
Explanation:
# A factor, from the Latin "he who does" (parallel to , from Latin agens), is a person who professionally acts as the representative of another individual or other legal entity, notably in the following contexts: In a relatively large company, there could be a hierarchy, including several grades ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor (agent)

# In Scotland a Factor (or property manager) is a person or firm charged with superintending or managing properties and estates -- sometimes where the owner or landlord is unable to or uninterested in attending to such details personally, or in tenements in which several owners of individual flats ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor (Scotland)
Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:02
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4Agent, intermediary
Jack Doughty


  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Agent, intermediary


Explanation:
# A factor, from the Latin "he who does" (parallel to , from Latin agens), is a person who professionally acts as the representative of another individual or other legal entity, notably in the following contexts: In a relatively large company, there could be a hierarchy, including several grades ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor (agent)

# In Scotland a Factor (or property manager) is a person or firm charged with superintending or managing properties and estates -- sometimes where the owner or landlord is unable to or uninterested in attending to such details personally, or in tenements in which several owners of individual flats ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor (Scotland)

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search