industry -
n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a branch of trade or manufacture. b trade and manufacture collectively (incentives to
industry).
2 concerted or copious
activity (the building
was a hive of
industry).
3 a diligence. b colloq. the diligent study of a particular topic (the Shakespeare
industry).
4 habitual employment in useful work.
[ME, = skill, f. F industrie or L industria diligence] 
