service industry

noun

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

service industry

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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".

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

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She decided to go into the homeless service industry when her work as a TV producer dried up.

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Some, including herself, work in the service industry, manufacturing or construction, she said, and some people share apartments to get by.

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