factor in

Questions about factor in

What does factor in mean?

factor in means "consider as relevant when making a decision". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for factor in?

Close synonyms include factor, factor out, factor, factor out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is factor in a common word?

factor in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.