Definitions for cottage industry
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1. cottage industrynoun

   small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment

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1. cottage industrynoun

   A job or occupation carried out at home or on a part-time basis.

2. cottage industrynoun

   A small-scale industry, with relatively few employees or a limited customer base or low economic impact.

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1. cottage industry

   The putting-out system is a means of subcontracting work. Historically, it was also known as the workshop system and the domestic system. In putting-out, work is contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who complete the project via remote work. It was used in the English and American textile industries, in shoemaking, lock-making trades, and making parts for small firearms from the Industrial Revolution until the mid-19th century. After the invention of the sewing machine in 1846, the system lingered on for the making of ready-made men's clothing.The domestic system was suited to pre-urban times because workers did not have to travel from home to work, which was quite unfeasible due to the state of roads and footpaths, and members of the household spent many hours in farm or household tasks. Early factory owners sometimes had to build dormitories to house workers, especially girls and women. Putting-out workers had some flexibility to balance farm and household chores with the putting-out work, this being especially important in winter. The development of this trend is often considered to be a form of proto-industrialization, and remained prominent until the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. At that point, it underwent name and geographical changes. However, bar some technological advancements, the putting-out system has not changed in essential practice. Contemporary examples can be found in China, India, and South America, and are not limited to the textiles industry.

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1. cottage industry

   A cottage industry is a small-scale, decentralized manufacturing business often operated out of a home rather than a purpose-built facility. It typically involves family members or a small group of people who produce handmade goods or offer services, such as crafts, textiles, clothing, or food products. Cottage industries play a significant role in the economies of developing and rural regions.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cottage industry in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cottage industry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of cottage industry in a Sentence

1. Joe Biden:

   Even in a city where influence-peddling isa virtual cottage industry, the Bidens took the corrupt practice to a truly Olympian level.

2. Richard Pollack:

   Lice salons as a cottage industry are spreading faster than lice themselves ... I am pretty certain you would not have to drive more than an hour to find someone, business is booming.

3. Jason Barowitz:

   Mr. Abrams is a member of the cottage industry that seeks to personally profit off of Robert’s victims, even if it involves disrupting the prosecution of the murder of Susan Berman, the truth is that the Durst family is appalled by Robert’s actions and has cooperated with authorities to help ensure justice is served.

4. Primo Levi:

   After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its calculations will find written on a sheet of paper in letters of fire that energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cottage industry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cottage_Industry
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottage_Industry
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