industry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 External links

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From French industrie < Latin industria (“‘diligence, activity, industry’”) < industrius (“‘diligent, active, industrious’”); origin unknown.

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industry (countable and uncountable; plural industries)

1. (uncountable) The tendency to work persistently.

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

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. (in singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises
5. (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)

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• industrial
• industrious

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• Notes:

1. ^ w:European Parliament (2003-09-24). "Europarl 2003-09-24: Amended Software Patent Directive."

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• 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