Meaning

noun the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

noun persevering determination to perform a task

originFrom Middle English industry, industrie, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (“diligence, activity, industry”), from industrius (“diligent, active, zealous”), from Old Latin indostruus (“diligent, active”); origin unknown. Perhaps from indu (“in”) + ūst-, ūstr-, stem of ūrō (“burn, burn up, consume”, verb), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to…

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