"tertiary sector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tertiary sectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tertiary sector (plural tertiary sectors)
  1. (economics) The sector of the economy that principally provides goods and services to consumers using goods produced by the other sectors. Categories (topical): Economics Hyponyms: wholesaling, retailing Coordinate_terms: primary sector, secondary sector Translations (economic sector that provides goods and services): tertiaire sector [masculine] (Dutch), dienstensector [masculine] (Dutch), palvelusektori (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tertiary_sector-en-noun-v2Q~FzBf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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