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Section 1
Term | Definition |
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Free Enterprise System | A system in which individuals are free to produce the goods and services they choose. |
Profit | The amount earned above the amount of expense incurred for payment. |
Loss | The result when a business spends more money than it earns. |
Entrepreneur | A person who transforms ideas for products or services into real-world businesses |
Capital | Money supplied by investors, banks, or owners of a business. |
Service Business | A business that provides a needed service for a fee. |
Merchandising Business | A business that buys finished goods and resells them to individuals or other businesses. |
Manufacturing Business | A business that buys raw materials and transforms them into finished products by using labor and machinery. |
Sole Proprietorship | A business owned by one person. |
Partnership | A business as co-owned by two or more persons, called partners, who agree to operate the business as co-owners. |
Corporation | A business organization recognized by law to have a life of its own |
Charter | The legal permission, granted by a state, that gives a corporation certain rights and privileges and spells out the rules under which the corporation is to operate. |