industry

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɪn.də.stɹi/]

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1. industry (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The tendency to work persistently.

Example: Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.

2. industry (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole; trade.

Example: The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.

3. industry (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

Example: But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

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