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fac⋅to⋅ry

[fak-tuh-ree, -tree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
2. any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality: They call it a law school, but it's just a degree factory.
3. (formerly) an establishment for factors and merchants carrying on business in a foreign country.

Origin:
1550–60; < ML factōria. See factor, -y 3


fac⋅to⋅ry⋅like, adjective
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factory 
1560, "estate manager's office," from M.Fr. factorie, from L.L. factorium "office for agents (factors)," also "oil press, mill," from L. factor "doer, maker." Sense of "building for making goods" is first attested 1618.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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