Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of making articles for use; the system of industry which produces manufactured articles.
- Pertaining to or concerned in manufacture; industrial: as, a manufacturing community.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture
- adjective Pertaining to manufacture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
action of the verb to manufacture. - noun The
transformation ofraw materials intofinished products , usually on a large scale. - adjective Used in manufacturing.
- verb Present participle of
manufacture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
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The positive contributors to the index -- in order from the largest positive contributor to the smallest -- are the yield spread, the stock price index, production expectations, industrial new orders, building permits (residential) * and the ratio of the deflator of manufacturing value added to unit labor cost for manufacturing*.
unknown title 2009
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New unemployment claims (inverted) * were the only negative contributor in September, while the ratio of the deflator of manufacturing value added to unit labor cost for manufacturing* remained unchanged.
unknown title 2009
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The positive contributors to the index -- in order from the largest positive contributor to the smallest -- are the yield spread, the stock price index, production expectations, industrial new orders, building permits (residential) * and the ratio of the deflator of manufacturing value added to unit labor cost for manufacturing*.
unknown title 2009
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| Reply one of the tried and true ways to boost the economy, increase employment, and maintain manufacturing is government spending.
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| Reply one of the tried and true ways to boost the economy, increase employment, and maintain manufacturing is government spending.
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He mentioned that one of the tried and true ways to boost the economy, increase employment, and maintain manufacturing is government spending.
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Forty per cent of the production in manufacturing is exported.
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During the label manufacturing process, invisible inks are applied in up to three designated zones, customised to the end-user's needs and label format.
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During the label manufacturing process, invisible color inks are applied in up to four designated zones customized to the end-user's needs and label format.
Media Newswire 2009
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LAWRENCE: The head of a California watch dog group says the military shouldn't spend taxpayer money on what it calls a manufacturing issue and asks, "If someone saw a random crop formation in that shape, would they demand the former change it?"
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