industrial

industrial definition - business

industrial

Of or related to companies engaged in the manufacture of products. The word also can refer to firms only marginally engaged in what is generally thought of as industrial. For example, Microsoft is classified as an industrial company for purposes of calculating the Dow Jones Averages.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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