| posp. |
local economic mainstay (S. Manyakin); the company in a one-company town (marina_aid); the city's primary taxpayer (Tanya Gesse); major/pivotal/crucial enterprise, major employer (olga.greenwood); backbone enterprise (in a one-company town tfennell); company town (о судоремонтных заводах на северных территориях России Krutov Andrew); principal employer and mainstay of an entire town (Vic_Ber); city-forming enterprise (Victoria M.); town-forming enterprise (VLZ_58); largest local employer (LadaP); monotown enterprise (Stanislav Silinsky); mainstay (Производственное предприятие, на котором занята значительная или основная часть работоспособного населения города или посёлка. (Википедия): Wallace Shipyards was once the mainstay of North Vancouver's economy -- 10,000 people worked here during the Second World War. (Robin Ward, Ron Phillips) ART Vancouver) |
