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indotto

induced sector

noun een-DOT-toh Rare
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Origin: Past participle of 'indurre' (to induce), from Latin 'inducere'.

Also means

spin-off economy

Usage Note

Indotto in economic contexts refers to the indirect or induced economic activity generated by a primary industry — analogous to the English 'spin-off' or 'induced sector'. You will see it in phrases like l'indotto dell'industria automobilistica ('the spin-off sector of the car industry'). As an adjective it simply means 'induced' or 'led', but the noun sense is the more specialised and frequent usage in journalism and economics.

Examples

"Il turismo crea un vasto indotto locale."

Natural Translation

Tourism creates a vast local spin-off economy.

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