(=business controlled by the government or by private companies)
1 a part of an area of activity, especially of business, trade, etc.: sector of the manufacturing sector of the economythe public/private sector (=business controlled by the government or by private companies)2one of the parts into which an area is divided, especially for military reasons: recent disturbances in the city’s Christian sector3math, geometry an area in a circle enclosed by two straight lines drawn from the center to the edge