factor out

Questions about factor out

What does factor out mean?

factor out 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 out?

Close synonyms include factor, factor in, factor, factor in. 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 out a common word?

factor out 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.