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From French industrie < Latin industria (“‘diligence, activity, industry’”) < industrius (“‘diligent, active, industrious’”); origin unknown.
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Noun
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Singular industry |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural industries |
industry (countable and uncountable; plural industries)
- (uncountable) The tendency to work persistently.
- Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.
- (countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole.
- The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.
- The steel industry has long used blast furnaces to smelt iron.
- (uncountable, economics) Businesses concerned with goods as opposed to services.
- There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.
- (in singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (European software patent law) automated production of material goods[1]
- 2007, Dominique Guellec, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, The economics of the European patent system, page 122:
- It is a classical and restricted view both of industry (it excludes service sectors, now 70% of the GDP of developed economies)
- 2007, Dominique Guellec, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, The economics of the European patent system, page 122:
Derived terms
Terms derived from "industry"
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References
- Notes:
- ^ w:European Parliament (2003-09-24). "Europarl 2003-09-24: Amended Software Patent Directive."
External links
- industry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- industry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- industry at OneLook® Dictionary Search
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