non-manufacturing
adjective[before noun]
(alsononmanufacturing)uk/ˌnɒn.mæn.jəˈfæk.tʃə.rɪŋ/us/ˌnɑːn.mæn.jəˈfæk.tʃɚ.ɪŋ/notrelatedtomanufacturing(= thebusinessofproducinggoodsinlargenumbers):
Over 200,000jobswerecreatedover the pastyear, most of them in non-manufacturingindustries.
Thecompanyrevealedplanstocutup to 10percentof nonmanufacturingjobs.
a non-manufacturingcompany/business
- Factoriesclosedandofficestooktheirplaceas moreinvestmentwent into the nonmanufacturingsector.
- Theindustrysawadropin non-manufacturingactivity.
- Thequarterlyreportshowedanincreasein non-manufacturingcosts.
- Thisoptimismhasspreadto non-manufacturingcompaniessuch aspropertydevelopersandretailers.
- Theconceptofproductivityisharderfor most non-manufacturingbusinessestoapplytotheiractivities.
Types of employment
- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- labour-intensive
- lackey
- qualified
- recertify
- redundancy
- redundant
- retcon
- well qualified
- WFH
- white-collar
- who's whoidiom
- wilderness yearsidiom