industry

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industry (countable and uncountable; plural industries)

1. 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.

2. Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole.

   The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.

3. The tendency to work persistently.

   Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.

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• industrial
• industrious

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