industry
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(noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" |
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Synonyms: manufacture, manufacturing |
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Related Words: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrialization, production |
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(noun) the people engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" |
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Related Words: Hollywood, aluminum business, aluminum industry, apparel industry, arms industry, automobile industry, banking industry, chemical industry, coal industry, commercial enterprise, computer industry, construction industry, electronics industry, entertainment industry, fashion business, fashion industry, film industry, growth industry, housing industry, lighting industry, market, movie industry, munitions industry, oil business, oil industry, plastics industry, refining industry, securities industry, service industry, shipbuilding industry, shoe industry, show biz, show business, sign industry, steel industry, tobacco industry, toy business, toy industry, trucking industry |
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(noun) persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" |
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Synonyms: diligence, industriousness |
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Related Words: assiduity, assiduousness, concentration, determination, purpose, sedulity, sedulousness, studiousness |
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