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

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	secondary industry (sec¦ond\|ary in\|dus\|try) noun [mass noun] Economics industry that converts the raw materials provided by primary industry into commodities and products for the consumer; manufacturing industry.		More words in this category debt swap developing country dirigisme economic economist excise 1 five-year plan free enterprise indifference curve monetize monopoly capitalism negative income tax productivity soft standstill agreement superstructure supplementary benefit top-slicing value chain wage Nearby Words second-hand smoke second-rate second-story man secondary secondary articulation secondary boycott secondary colour secondary evidence secondary feather secondary industry secondary modern school secondary picketing secondary planet secondary process secondary sector secondary sexual characteristics secondary smoke secondary smoking secondary stress