industry

=== [|Noun industry] (// [|countable] and [|uncountable] ;// //plural// ** [|industries]  ** )  ===
 * 1)  (  [|uncountable]  ) The tendency to work persistently.//Over the years, their **industry** and business sense made them wealthy.//
 * 2)  (  [|countable] ,  [|business]  , economics ) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole.
 * 3)  (  [|uncountable] , economics ) Businesses that produce [|goods] as [|opposed] to [|services].
 * 4)  ( in singular, economics ) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises
 * 5)  ( European software patents ) Automated production of material goods [|[1]].