industries

Variant of industry

industry definition

in·dus·try (in′dəs trē)

noun pl. industries -·tries

  1. Obsolete
    1. skill or cleverness
    2. the application of this
  2. earnest, steady effort; constant diligence in or application to work
  3. systematic work; habitual employment
    1. any particular branch of productive, esp. manufacturing, enterprise the paper industry
    2. any large-scale business activity the tourist industry
    1. manufacturing productive enterprises collectively, esp. as distinguished from agriculture
    2. the owners and managers of industry

Etymology: LME < MFr industrie < L industria < industrius, active, industrious < *indo-struus < OL endo (> L in) + struere, to pile up, arrange: see strew

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