Clues for the word "INDUSTRY"

We've had 19 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 20 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on April 26, 2023.

Definition of industry

n. - Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
n. - Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
n. - Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.