essential industry
noun[C]
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anindustrythat isconsiderednecessaryfor a nation'seconomyand that may beprotectedorsupportedby thegovernment:
There should begreaterrecognitionof dairying as anessentialindustry.
Examplesofessential industry
essential industry
Fishing is also anessentialindustry, together with mining and lumber.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Despite being anessentialindustrythe works had difficulty obtaining suitable workers to build all the ships on its order books.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.You can quote me as saying that we should use entertainment as anessentialindustryso long as it's for the boys in service.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Smithy was anessentialindustry, because the blacksmith manufactured many of the tools and objects used in daily life.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Therefore, because it is anessentialindustry, it must be treated in a very special manner if necessity arise.
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He has himself on more than one occasion said that it is most difficult to define anessentialindustry.
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So far asessentialindustryis concerned, the position is satisfactory.
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Where there is a pocket of unemployment, there may be no vacancies in anessentialindustryin the immediate vicinity.
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Again, to ensure an amount of foodstuffs in this country essential for our population, it has to be remembered that coal is anessentialindustry.
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The reason is the attitude that was adopted byessentialindustryfor 25 years prior to the war.
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