service industry
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪs ˈɪndəstri/
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sector de servicios
- As such, healthcare should be assessed, analyzed, and managed like other service industries.
- the food service industry
- the financial services industry
- service industry jobs
Now look at the service industry, look at food.
- Now look at the service industry, look at food.
- Complacency has no place in the food service industry.
- And there's a reason why the financial services industry calls this the triple threat tax advantage.
- Okay, because everyone should work in the service industry.
- They remain concentrated in these low income or these low paying service industries.
- And that's particularly for running care systems, running service industries, but it but it's also increasingly true for skills.
- Whereas the industries that still can function for all kinds of reasons, because they're service industries.
- Influencer of sorts, but also someone who toiled for many years in many different capacities in the restaurant slash food service industries.
Examples
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Welcome to the British service industry.
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I have been working in the food service industry for a little over 12 years now.
Blog text (4) -
Someone with more than 20 years experience in the food service industry.
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Well, we do require some experience or some previous training in the service industry and at least one reference.
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Before you, uh, get on with your career in the service industry, let's set the record straight.
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We'll talk more about career opportunities in the food-service industry.
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In addition, most U.S. workers, including low-wage workers, are in service industries.
Academic text (2002) -
Currently, six of ten inhabitants work in the service industries, much of this change fomented by tourism.
Academic text (1998) -
Rather, Taiwan firms are now investing heavily in other areas such as high-tech, the service industry, and intellectual property.
Academic text (2002) -
Many people find rewarding careers in the service industry, helping customers every day.
Synonyms
The part of the economy that is made of services and jobs, not factory goods
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the part of the economy that provides services' is directly and compositionally derived from 'service' (services provided) modifying 'industry' (sector of economic activity). This noun-noun construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'industria de servicios') and follows a predictable pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words can readily understand.
Etymology
Service industry comes from the words service, meaning helping people, and industry, meaning business work. It creates a simple picture of businesses whose job is to 'provide services' like hotels, shops, and hospitals rather than make things, so it means 'the part of the economy that provides services'.