cottage industry | small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment |
industry manufacture | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale, American industry is making increased use of computers to control production |
printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution |
press printing press | a machine used for printing |
printer printing machine | a machine that prints |
print shop printing shop | a workplace where printing is done |
diligence industriousness industry | persevering determination to perform a task, his diligence won him quick promotions, frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues |
printing | text handwritten in the style of printed matter |
impression printing | all the copies of a work printed at one time, they ran off an initial printing of copies |
printing printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
relief printing letterpress | printing from a plate with raised characters |
intaglio printing intaglio gravure | a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate, the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print |
process printing | a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates |
planographic printing planography | the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are inkeceptive (as opposed to ink repellent) |
collotype collotype printing photogelatin process | a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced, can be used with one or more colors |
photo-offset printing photo-offset | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates |
offset offset printing | a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper |
letterset printing | image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller |
industry | the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise, each industry has its own trade publications |
aluminum business aluminum industry | manufacturers of aluminum considered as a group |
apparel industry garment industry fashion industry fashion business rag trade | makers and sellers of fashionable clothing |
banking industry banking system | banks collectively |
automobile industry | the manufacturers of automobiles considered collectively |
chemical industry | the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively |
coal industry | the producers of coal considered collectively |
computer industry | the manufacturers of computers considered collectively |
construction industry housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
electronics industry | the manufacturers of electronic products considered collectively |
entertainment industry show business show biz | those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater |
film industry movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
lighting industry | an industry devoted to manufacturing and selling and installing lighting |
munitions industry arms industry | an industry that manufacturers weapons of war |
oil industry refining industry oil business | an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products |
printing concern printing business printing company | a company that does commercial printing |
plastics industry | an industry that manufactures plastic articles |
market securities industry | the securities markets in the aggregate, the market always frustrates the small investor |
service industry | an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects |
shipbuilding industry | an industry that builds ships |
shoe industry | an industry that manufactures and sells shoes |
sign industry | an industry that produces signs |
steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
sunrise industry | a new industry that is expanding rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics) |
tobacco industry | an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco |
toy industry toy business | an industry that manufactures and sells toys for children |
trucking industry | an industry that provides transportation for commercial products |
Bureau of Engraving and Printing | the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency |
United States Government Printing Office US Government Printing Office Government Printing Office GPO | an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government |
industry analyst | an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry |
oil-industry analyst | an analyst of the oil industry |