Sector Manufacturing Part Noun Bre ˈsektə(R ˈsektər Service Sector

• the manufacturing sector
• service-sector jobs (= in hotels, restaurants, etc.)
• each sector of the war zone
• berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.

sector

1. a part of an area of activity, especially of a country’s economy
• the manufacturing sector
• service-sector jobs (= in hotels, restaurants, etc.)
2. a part of a particular area, especially an area under military control
• each sector of the war zone
3. a part of a circle lying between two straight lines drawn from the centre to the edge

Extra Examples

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.
• He went on to a successful career in the private sector.
• The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.
• employment opportunities in the higher education sector
• the chronic underfunding of the education sector
• Increased state investment will lead to more job opportunities in the manufacturing sector.
• Most of the gas will come from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
• Public sector institutions have much to learn from private sector companies.
• The largest growth has been in the service sector.
• The majority of the population are employed in the tertiary sector.
• The partition of the city meant that members of the same family were living in different sectors.
• the manufacturing/service sector

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from late Latin, a technical use of Latin sector ‘cutter’, from sect- ‘cut off’, from the verb secare.