Sector
DEFINITION: A group of companies with the same main economic activity (e.g. chemicals).
Or
A category of transversal professional activities (e.g. marketing) common to a variety of companies.
SOURCE: Terminology of European education and training policy-a selection of 100 key terms.. CEDEFOP, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2008.
HYPERLINK: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/13125.aspx