market sector
noun[C]
ECONOMICS,COMMERCEukusapartof anindustry, or agroupofcustomers,products, etc. that aresimilarin some way:
Sales from thestagnantdefensemarketsectorwere down about 11% from lastyear.
It is ahotlycontestedmarketsector.
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market sector
It sold in limited numbers in a specialisedmarketsector.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Differences between form factors are most apparent in terms of their intendedmarketsector, and involve variations in size, design compromises and typical features.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many of the current (and reissue) models of guitar amplifier continue to use vacuum tubes, as is common in thismarketsector.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This practice was common in the industry at the time as manufacturers deemed that hatchback designs would not be accepted in thismarketsector.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For example, manufacturing.jobs could represent employment for a specific corporation, ormarketsector.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thirdly, bigger companies compete for market share by acquiring smaller companies that may own a particularmarketsector.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Overall, home sector variable correlations tend to be lower than theirmarketsectorcounterparts.
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It is, after all, the consumers who are supporting the growth of thismarketsector.
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Similarly, hours employed in the home sector exhibit less inertia than those in themarketsectorin all countries.
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To that effect, incomes policy in themarketsectorhad to result in moderation.
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