noun the body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a british factory.
2. factory ·noun a house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.
3. factory ·noun a building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.