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cottage industry
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cottage industry
n.
1. A usually small-scale industry carried on at home by family members using their own equipment.
2. A small, loosely organized, yet flourishing complex of activity or industry: "The study of Gandhi has become a virtual cottage industry in the last 30 years, producing schools, museums, foundations and more than 400 biographies" (Jean Strouse).
cottage industry
n
(Business / Commerce) an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment
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Noun1.cottage industry - small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment
manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
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400 million on the promotion and development of cottage industries on modern lines so that the pace of exports and productivity could be enhanced in the province.
Rs.400 mln being spent on promotion of cottage industries in Punjab by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
Byline: RASHA AL QAHTANI MANAMA: Bahraini families are breaking out of the poverty trap, boosting their incomes through cottage industries set up under a pioneering scheme.
BEATING POVERTY by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Byline: Manama Bahraini families are breaking out of the poverty trap, boosting their incomes through cottage industries set up under a pioneering scheme.
Bahrain families beating poverty by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)
 
 
 
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