deciding factor

noun

1

: something that causes someone to make a particular decision

The deciding factor was cost.

His lack of experience was the deciding factor in my decision not to hire him.

2

: something that causes something to end a particular way

His home run was the deciding factor in the game.

Examples of deciding factor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This eliminated the head-to-head deciding factor between them in favor of the number of goals each of those teams scored against each other. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2026

The build-it-ourselves pitch assumes the code is the deciding factor and enabler. — Jessica Beck, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

And LeBron would check a pretty big box for them too, if money really isn’t a deciding factor. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

The new name could be written with eight strokes in Japanese, which was also a deciding factor in changing the brand name—eight being associated with wealth and fortune in many East Asian cultures. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026

Rhymes for deciding factor

• bioreactor
• acter
• actor
• tractor
• attractor
• cofactor
• compactor
• contactor
• contractor
• distractor
• extractor
• impactor