Definition for primary industry - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	primary industry (pri\|mary in\|dus\|try) noun [mass noun] Economics industry, such as mining, agriculture, or forestry, that is concerned with obtaining or providing natural raw materials for conversion into commodities and products for the consumer: employment in primary industry accounts for 12 per cent of all employment in rural areas [count noun]: it is these primary industries which will decide our economic success		More words in this category consumer sovereignty cross-subsidize economy feed-in tariff GATT income support inflation inheritance tax knowledge economy laissez-faire MFN monopoly capitalism output purchasing power Ricardian 1 short-termism stagflation subvent tax loss taxation Nearby Words primaquine primarily primary primary care primary cell primary colour primary evidence primary feather primary group primary industry primary planet primary poverty primary process primary production primary qualities primary school primary sector primary stress primary structure