Agroindustry

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agricultural activity viewed as an industrial sector of the economy. countable, uncountable

    "Meronym: Big Ag"

Synonyms

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agribusiness

Example

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"In the seventeenth century, the strategy for sugar production, a labor-intensive agro-industry, was to keep the manpower cost down through slavery."

Etymology

From agro- + industry.

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