industry

  • 11industry — [n1] manufacturing big business*, business, commerce, commercial enterprise, corporation, management, manufactory, megacorp*, mob, monopoly, multinational, outfit*, production, trade, traffic; concepts 323,325 industry [n2] hard work activity,… …

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  • 12Industry — Industry, Städtischer Bezirk mit Postamt (Posttownship) in der Grafschaft Franklin des Staates Maine (Nordamerika) am Sandy River; 1200 Ew …

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  • 13industry — industry, sociology of …

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  • 14industry — (n.) late 15c., cleverness, skill, from O.Fr. industrie activity; aptitude (14c.) or directly from L. industria diligence, activity, zeal, fem. of industrius industrious, diligent, used as a noun, from early L. indostruus diligent, from indu in,… …

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  • 15industry — *business, trade, commerce, traffic …

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  • 16industry — ► NOUN (pl. industries) 1) economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories. 2) a particular branch of economic or commercial activity. 3) hard work. ORIGIN Latin industria diligence …

    English terms dictionary

  • 17Industry — The category describing a company s primary business activity. This category is usually determined by the largest portion of revenue. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * industry in‧dus‧try [ˈɪndəstri] noun industries PLURALFORM 1.… …

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  • 18industry — The category describing a company s primary business activity. This category is usually determined by the largest portion of revenue. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * industry in‧dus‧try [ˈɪndəstri] noun industries PLURALFORM 1. [uncountable] …

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  • 19Industry — For other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation) An industry (from Latin industrius , diligent, industrious ) is the manufacturing of a good or service within a category. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/industry industry… …

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  • 20industry — /in deuh stree/, n., pl. industries for 1, 2, 7. 1. the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry. 2. any general… …

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