(chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor.

(now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

(UK, slang) A police station.

A device or process that produces or manufactures something.

A factory farm.

(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

(colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.