noun

• (uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.
• (countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
• (uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
• (in the singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
• (European software patent law) Automated production of material goods.
• (archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.
• A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.