noun
- The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise.
- usage: "each industry has its own trade publications"
- The organized action of making of goods and services for sale.
- usage: "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
- synonyms: manufacture
- Persevering determination to perform a task.
- usage: "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
- synonyms: diligence, industriousness
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