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industry

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  1. business              
 
in.dus.try \'in-(.)d*s-tre-\ n [MF industrie skill, employment involving 
   skill, fr. L industria di]ligence, fr. industrius diligent, fr. OL 
   indostruus, fr. indu in + -struus (akin to L struere to build) - more at 
   INDIGENOUS, STRUCTURE 1: diligence in an employment or pursuit  2a: 
   systematic labor esp. for the creation of value  2b: a department or branch 
   of a craft, art, business, or manufacture; es p. : one that employs a large 
   personnel and capital esp. in manufacturing 2c: a distinct group of 
   productive enterprises  2d: manufacturing activity as a whole