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Industry - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Industry : (noun)
1: the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of
commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade
publications"
2: the organized action of making of goods and services for
sale; "American industry is making increased use of
computers to control production" [syn: manufacture]
3: persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence
won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are
still regarded as virtues" [syn: diligence, industriousness]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Industry : \In"dus*try\, n.; pl. Industries. [L. industria, cf.
industrius diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F. industrie.]
1. Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either
bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity;
-- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays
debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
We are more industrious than our forefathers,
because in the present times the funds destined for
the maintenance of industry are much greater in
proportion to those which are likely to be employed
in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two
or three centuries ago. --A. Smith.
2. Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business;
especially, one which employs much labor and capital and
is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the
iron industry; the cotton industry.
3. (Polit. Econ.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the
creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of
capital or wealth; labor.
Syn: Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity;
laboriousness; attention. See Diligence.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Industry, CA (city, FIPS 36490)
Location: 34.01340 N, 117.92154 W
Population (1990): 631 (139 housing units)
Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 91744
Industry, IL (village, FIPS 37439)
Location: 40.32723 N, 90.60800 W
Population (1990): 571 (245 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61440
Industry, PA (borough, FIPS 36944)
Location: 40.65595 N, 80.40975 W
Population (1990): 2124 (792 housing units)
Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15052
Industry, TX
Zip code(s): 78944
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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