Word of the Day:
sector
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What It Means
A section.
In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next.
An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
public sector; private sector
Sector in Context
“Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this...”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Latin sector.
Source and license
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