noun
1 part of the business activity of a country
ADJECTIVE
▪ important , key
▪ growing , growth
▪ independent ( BrE ), private
▪ public , state
▪ non-profit ( esp. AmE ), voluntary ( BrE )
▪ economic , industry , market
▪
The survey covers a wide range of industry ~s.
▪ agricultural , business , commercial , corporate , export , industrial , manufacturing , media , retail , service
▪ banking , financial , financial services ( esp. BrE )
▪ energy , oil
▪ electronics , high-tech , tech , technology , telecom ( esp. AmE ), telecommunications , telecoms ( BrE )
▪ education , schools ( BrE ), university ( esp. BrE )
▪
the chronic underfunding of the education ~
▪ health , health-care
▪ tourism , tourist ( esp. BrE )
▪ consumer , household ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He went on to a successful career in the private ~.
▪
employment opportunities in the higher education ~
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of the economy , a ~ of the industry , a ~ of the market
2 part of an area or of a large group of people
ADJECTIVE
▪ rural , urban
▪ northern , north-eastern , etc.
VERB + SECTOR
▪ divide sth into
▪
Berlin was divided into four ~s after the war.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of the city
▪ a ~ of society , a ~ of the population