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   Fac·to·ry

   /ˈfakt(ə)rē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine: "a clothing factory"
   • ▪ a person, group, or institution that continually produces a great quantity of something specified: "a huge factory of lying, slander, and bad English"
   • 2. an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country: historical "he is chaplain to the British factory at St. Petersburg"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in factory (sense 2)): via Portuguese feitoria from medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor (see factor). factory (sense 1) based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press’.

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