industrial
noun /ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/ specializedDefinition
› [C] a company whose main business is producing goods: He owns a series of industrials across the US and beyond.Businesses and enterprisesFinancial investments and the stock market industrials [plural noun] › shares in industrial companies: On Thursday the industrials moved up more than 50 points. Industrials were up 1.2 percent at the close of trading.
(Definition of industrial noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acquirer noun
- agency noun (ORGANIZATION)
- answering service noun
- auction house noun
- big business noun (BUSINESS)
- carrier noun (TRANSPORT)
- collective noun
- concern noun (BUSINESS)
- franchisee noun
- franchiser noun
- GmbH noun
- group noun (BUSINESS)
- group-wide adjective, adverb
- operator noun
- outfit noun (GROUP)
- public utility noun
- publishing house noun
- record label noun
- service industry noun
- shipbuilder noun
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