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industry
[ in-duh-stree ]
/ ËÉȘn dÉ stri /
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noun, plural in·dus·tries for 1, 2, 7.
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British Dictionary definitions for industry
industry
/ (ËÉȘndÉstrÉȘ) /
noun plural -tries
organized economic activity concerned with manufacture, extraction and processing of raw materials, or construction
a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the output of a specified product or servicethe steel industry
- industrial ownership and management interests collectively, as contrasted with labour interests
- manufacturing enterprise collectively, as opposed to agriculture
diligence; assiduity
Word Origin for industry
C15: from Latin industria diligence, from industrius active, of uncertain origin
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