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service sector
service sector or tertiary sector the sector of the economy which provides personal or business services, e.g. tourism or insurance and banking. As such, the service sector is distinguished from the PRIMARY SECTOR and SECONDARY SECTORS of the economy. It is a usual correlate of economic development for the service sector to expand and the primary and secondary sectors to contract.service sector
service sector that part of the economy concerned with the provision of a wide variety of personal and business services: hairdressing and tourism, transport and retailing, banking and insurance, etc. The service sector together with the PRIMARY SECTOR and INDUSTRIAL SECTOR form an interlocking chain of economic activities that constitutes a modern economy. See STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY. |