[ˈfakt(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine
(e.g: a clothing factory)

- an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country
(e.g: he is chaplain to the British factory at St Petersburg)


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