service industry

British  

noun

1. an industry that provides services, such as transport or entertainment, rather than goods

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service industry Cultural  

1. An industry that produces services rather than goods. Examples include transportation, banking, retail trade, and entertainment.

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Example Sentences

A woman in a service industry, an immigrant to America from Eastern Europe who’s been here about 20 years, took me aside recently.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The outperformance appears to be owed to the dense clusters of advanced service industries, e.g. banking, finance and legal services, where RTO has been more prevalent.”

From MarketWatch

Hungary's film service industry started taking off in 2004, following the adoption of a scheme allowing film projects to register for a cash rebate.

From Barron's

Ask ChatGPT whether AI will replace humans in the customer service industry, and it will offer a diplomatic answer, the summary of which is "they will work side by side".

From BBC

In the Northern states, the workforce began to shift toward manufacturing, trade and service industries.

From The Wall Street Journal