factor
noun
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation.
factorship
-
a word derived from
factor.
Example Sentences
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The clerks were paid by salary, and only a person who had served as a clerk could be promoted to a "chief tradership," and only a "chief trader" to a "chief factorship."
From Canada and the States by E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
An' sae he had picked up a bare livin in this way; but the factorship made him just a gentleman.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
He was a toun writer, an' had made a sort o' livin, afore he got the factorship, just as toun writers do in ordinar.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
