(law) Intellectual property as used in commerce and industry, particularly patents and trademarks, as distinguished in some European legal systems from intellectual property as used in the arts.

Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity seen as being a precursor to industrialization; cottage industry.

plural of proto-industry

An area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development.

Synonym of company store

An industry that is fading away, perhaps because replaced by newer technology, or facing a lack of critical resources or a lack of consumer interest

A state in industrial relations in which both employer and employees abstain from industrial action, such as strikes and lockouts.

The large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes. / (colloquial, often attributive) Largeness.

A phase before the industrialization of a country, in which the necessary conditions are established.

plural of industrial park