Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tertiary sector

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: ter-tiary -sec-tor
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sector of the economy that principally provides goods and services to consumers using goods produced by the other sectors.

Inflected Forms

tertiary sectors (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

primary sector secondary sector

Questions

What does tertiary sector mean?: The sector of the economy that principally provides goods and services to consumers using goods produced by the other sectors.

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