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Cottage industry   /kˈɑtədʒ ˈɪndəstri/   Listen
Cottage industry

noun
1.
Small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment.





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"Cottage industry" Quotes from Famous Books



... building of roads and other infrastructure difficult and expensive. The economy is closely aligned with India's through strong trade and monetary links and dependence on India's financial assistance. The industrial sector is technologically backward, with most production of the cottage industry type. Most development projects, such as road construction, rely on Indian migrant labor. Bhutan's hydropower potential and its attraction for tourists are key resources. Model education, social, and environment ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... of English industry in the early part of the century brought special hardship to several classes in the community. The substitution of the factory system for cottage industry destroyed home life for thousands of families, and the pressure of poverty and the greed of manufacturers ground the poor mill operatives between the upper and nether millstones. To Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, more than ...
— Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century • James Richard Joy


Words linked to "Cottage industry" :   industry, manufacture


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