apparel industry
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- noun
- /əˈpɛrəl ˈɪndəstri/
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industria de la confección
- The apparel industry plays a significant role in the economy, providing millions of jobs worldwide.
- textile and apparel industry
- U.S. apparel industry
Examples
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Over the past four decades, the U.S. apparel industry has been overwhelmed by this global low-wage competition.
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Between 1973 and 1999, an estimated 650,000 jobs in the U.S. apparel industry were lost.
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Since 1980, imports have cut U.S. apparel-industry employment by half, a loss of more than 600,000 jobs.
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The apparel industry aptly illustrates this type of globalized production.
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In 1989, the textile-mill sector employed 726,100 workers and the apparel industry employed 1,091,500 workers.
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The only detailed government-sponsored study of NAFTA impacts on the apparel industry is being produced by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) at the direction of Congress.
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A decade or so later, Korea and Taiwan are able to upgrade to electronics and auto components, while the textile and apparel industries move to Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Many new companies are emerging in the apparel industry, focusing on sustainable fashion.
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She dreams of starting her own brand in the apparel industry after studying design.
Synonyms
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Businesses that design, make, and sell clothing and accessories
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The industry that designs, makes, and sells clothes and accessories
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A business that makes and sells clothes, often for fashion
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A business that makes and sells fashionable clothes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'apparel' (clothing/garments) plus 'industry' (a business sector), so a learner who knows both words can infer it as the clothing business. The noun + industry pattern is a common, cross-linguistic way to name economic sectors, making this immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Apparel industry paints a simple picture: apparel means 'clothing' and industry means the businesses or factories that make things. So, apparel industry refers to all the businesses that design, make and sell clothes.