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in·dus·try (in′dəs trē)
noun pl. industries -·tries
- Obsolete
- skill or cleverness
- the application of this
- earnest, steady effort; constant diligence in or application to work
- systematic work; habitual employment
- any particular branch of productive, esp. manufacturing, enterprise the paper industry
- any large-scale business activity the tourist industry
- manufacturing productive enterprises collectively, esp. as distinguished from agriculture
- 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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