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primary industry
noun
- an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of primary industry1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
I was told that here as elsewhere there was an unsound tendency to turn sericulture from a secondary into a primary industry.
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