sector
/ˈsektər/ noun [C] ECONOMICSDefinition
› one of the areas of activity that a country's economy is divided into: the agricultural/industrial/manufacturing sector the banking/business/financial sector the IT/technology/telecommunications sectorin a sector New jobs were being created in the aerospace sector. → Compare industry
→ See also commercial sector, corporate sector, primary sector, private-sector, the private sector, public-sector, the public sector, the retail sector, secondary sector, service sector, tertiary sector, third sector(Definition of sector noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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