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| company | an organization that makes or sells goods or that sells services: 'My father works for an insurance company.' 'IBM is one of the biggest companies in the electronics industry.' | | factory | a place where goods such as furniture, carpets, curtains, clothes, plates, toys, bicycles, sports equipment, drinks and packaged food are produced: 'The company's UK factory produces 500 golf trolleys a week.' | | industry | (1) all the people, factories, companies etc involved in a major area of production: 'the steel industry', 'the clothing industry'
(2) all industries considered together as a single thing: 'Industry has developed rapidly over the years at the expense of agriculture.' | | mill | (1) a place where a particular type of material is made: 'a cotton mill', 'a textile mill', 'a steel mill', 'a paper mill'
(2) a place where flour is made from grain: 'a flour mill' | | plant | a factory or building where vehicles, engines, weapons, heavy machinery, drugs or industrial chemicals are produced, where chemical processes are carried out, or where power is generated: 'Vauxhall-Opel's UK car plants', 'Honda's new engine plant at Microconcord. Swindon', 'a sewage plant', 'a wood treatment plant', 'ICI's £100m plant, 'the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria'. | | works | an industrial building where materials such as cement, steel, and bricks are produced, or where industrial processes are carried out: 'The drop in car and van sales has led to redundancies in the country's steel works.' | |