growth area

noun [C] ECONOMICS, FINANCE

Definition

› a business activity that is increasing in size and developing quickly: The biggest growth area in e-commerce is business-to-business trading.

› a place where an increasing number of products can be sold: We have identified the Middle East as a potential growth area for our services.

(Definition of growth area noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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