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Meaning
Noun
●
In Scottish English:
The
position
or
state of being
a factor.
●
A
trading
establishment
, especially
set up
by
merchants
working in a
foreign
country.
●
A
building
or other place where
manufacturing
takes
place.
●
In British English:
A
police
station.
●
A
device
or process that
produces
or
manufactures
something.
●
A
factory
farm.
●
In Programming & Buildings:
In a
computer program
or
library
, a
function
, method, etc. which
creates
an object.
Adj
●
Having
come from
the
factory
in the
state it
is
currently
in;
original
, stock.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
factory
English
factoria
Latin
factor
Latin
facio
Latin
factus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Manufacturer
Warehouse
Shop
Facility
Refinery
Machine
Supplier
Plant
Mill
Manufacturing
Sweatshop
Farm
Store
Foundry
Company
Brewery
Workshop
Laboratory
Business
Station
Supermarket
Maker
Manufacture
House
Brand
Machinery
Studio
Depot
Producer
Building
Showroom
Production
Corporation
Lab
Garage
Unit
Industry
Restaurant
Industries
Bakery
Equipment
City
Headquarters
Production Line
Steel Mill
Power Plant
Machine Shop
Production Lines
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