fudge factor
A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty.
We don't know exactly how much the load will weigh, so we'll add in a fudge factor to make sure we don't underestimate.
factor
UK /ˈfæk.tə/ US /ˈfæk.tɚ/
noun 5verb 4name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
2
An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.
And let such as will number the Kings of Castile and Portugall amongst the warlike and magnanimous conquerors, seeke for some other adherent then my selfe, forsomuch as twelve hundred leagues from their idle residence they have made themselves masters of both Indias, onely by the conduct and direction of their factors, of whom it would be knowne whether they durst but goe and enjoy them in person.
3
A commission agent.
4
A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
5
A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
verb
1
To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
2
To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
3
To be a product of other objects.
4
To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
name
1
A surname.
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