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1. a. : manufacturing activity as a whole. the nation's industry. b. : a distinct group of productive or profit-making enterprises. the banking industry. c. : a department or branch of a craft, art, business, or manufacture.
the people and activities involved in one type of business that produces goods or offers services: the car/electronics/construction industry In the construction industry, as in other industries, mechanization has had a major impact. the advertising / banking / insurance industry.
INDUSTRY meaning: 1 : the process of making products by using machinery and factories; 2 : a group of businesses that provide a particular product or service.
1. organized economic activity concerned with manufacture, extraction and processing of raw materials, or construction. 2. a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the output of a specified product or service. the steel industry.
1. † Intelligent or clever working; skill, ingenuity, or…. 2. † An application of skill, ingenuity, or cleverness; a…. 3. Exertion, effort, hard work; diligence or assiduity in the…. Expand. 4. Productive work, trade, or manufacture.
An industry is a group of manufacturers or businesses that produce a particular kind of goods or services. Workers in the textile industry design, fabricate, and sell cloth. The tourist industry includes all the commercial aspects of tourism.
Industry, group of productive enterprises or organizations that produce or supply goods, services, or sources of income. In economics, industries are generally classified as primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary; secondary industries are further classified as heavy and light.
Industry definition: the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product. See examples of INDUSTRY used in a sentence.
INDUSTRY definition: 1. the production of goods in factories: 2. all the companies involved in a particular type of…. Learn more.
industry. noun. /ˈɪndəstri/. /ˈɪndəstri/. (plural industries) [uncountable] the production of goods from raw materials, especially in factories. the needs of British industry. the Department of Trade and Industry. in industry She got a job in industry.