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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings daddy longlegs, daddy-long-legs crane fly: daddy long-legs spider: Opiliones: dead (of a cup, glass, bottle or cigarette) empty, finished with very, extremely ("dead good", "dead heavy", "dead rich") deceased

  3. Jargon - Wikipedia

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    Jargon, also referred to as "technical language", is "the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group". [8] Most jargon is technical terminology (technical terms), involving terms of art [9] or industry terms, with particular meaning within a specific industry.

  4. Industry - Wikipedia

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    The wider industrial sector of an economy, including manufacturing and production of other intermediate or final goods; The general characteristics and production methods common to an industrial society. Industrialization, the transformation into an industrial society; Industry classification, a classification of economic organizations and ...

  5. Outline of industry - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to industry: Industry , in economics and economic geography , refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy .

  6. Industry (economics) - Wikipedia

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    One distinct industry (for example, barrelmaking) may become limited to a tiny niche market and get mostly re-classified into another industry using new techniques. At the same time, entirely new industries may branch off from older ones once a significant market becomes apparent (as an example, the semiconductor industry has become ...

  7. Category:Industries (economics) - Wikipedia

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    It should only contain pages that are industries (branches of an economy) or lists of industries, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about industries in general should be placed in Category:Industry (economics) or one of its subcategories.

  8. Green economy - Wikipedia

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    The Roadmap represents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary effort to clarify and frame the concept of "green economy". It highlights the role of business in bringing solutions to global challenges. It sets out the following 10 conditions which relate to business/intra-industry and collaborative action for a transition towards a green economy:

  9. List of industrial occupations - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of industrial occupations. Industrial occupations are generally characterized by being manual-labour-intensive and requiring little to no education. Industrial occupations are generally characterized by being manual-labour-intensive and requiring little to no education.