sectornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsek.tər/us/ˈsek.tɚ/sector noun [ C ] (ECONOMIC AREA)
C1 one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country is divided:
In the financial sector, banks and insurance companies have both lost a lot of money.
The country has a new policy of transferring state industries from the public sector to the private sector.
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- Salaries in the public sector are expected to fall by 15% this year.
- Many scientists working for the government have left for the private sector.
- The finance for the project will come from both the government and the private sector .
- Much of the workforce in the banking sector is affected by the new legislation.
- There is a trend towards healthier eating among all sectors of the population.
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Economics
- autarchy
- broad money
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- credit crunch
- depressed
- downturn
- economics
- expenditure
- GDP per capita
- GNI
- hyperinflation
- market forces
- mixed economy
- pecuniary
- protectionism
- retail price index
- spending
- stall
- trade figures
- upturn
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sector noun [ C ] (CONTROLLED AREA)
an area of land or sea that has been divided from other areas and is controlled by a particular country:
What is the total oil output from the British sector of the North Sea?
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Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- interstate
- level
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- provincial
- region
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
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