cottage industrynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒt.ɪdʒ ˈɪn.də.stri/us/ˌkɑː.t̬ɪdʒ ˈɪn.də.stri/a small business run from home
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- acquirer
- acquiror
- agency
- airline
- answering service
- auction house
- carrier
- collective
- est
- establishment
- firm
- fragmented
- franchise
- franchisee
- outfit
- private company
- private practice
- Pty
- public company
- public limited company
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Examples from literature
- Ours was essentially the cottage industry, and our artisans still work in their own huts, more or less out of touch with the commercial world.
- Out in the country again, going westwards, the cottage industry of weaving is apparent in nearly every cottage one sees.
- The cottage industry, so vital for India's existence, has been ruined by incredibly heartless and inhuman processes as described by English witnesses.
- Wherever the railroad has penetrated a country it has withered the ancient cottage industries of our land.