Both Uses of
factor
in
Dubliners
- Mrs. Mooney had first sent her daughter to be a typist in a corn-factor's office but, as a disreputable sheriff's man used to come every other day to the office, asking to be allowed to say a word to his daughter, she had taken her daughter home again and set her to do housework.†
Chpt 7 *
- For years and years it had gone off in splendid style, as long as anyone could remember; ever since Kate and Julia, after the death of their brother Pat, had left the house in Stoney Batter and taken Mary Jane, their only niece, to live with them in the dark, gaunt house on Usher's Island, the upper part of which they had rented from Mr. Fulham, the corn-factor on the ground floor.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(factor as in: It was the deciding factor.) something that affects a result or outcomeeditor's notes: You also may encounter x-factor or x factor--meaning "the most important thing that influences a result or outcome."