Flashcards in Civics Chapter 12 Deck (12):
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Interest
Payment for use of capital
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Demand
The amount of a product or service that buyers are willing and able to buy at different prices.
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Supply
Amount of an object that producers are willing and able to offer at different prices.
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Market price
Price at which buyers and sellers agree to trade
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Entrepreneur
Person who starts a business
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Sole proprietorship
Business owned by an individual
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Partnership
Business in which two or more people share ownership
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Corporation
Business that is separate from the people who own it and legally acts as a single person
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Labor unions
Organizations of workers that seek to improve wages and working conditions and to protect member's rights.
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Collective bargaining
Process by which representatives of the unions and business try to reach agreement about wages and living conditions
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Boycott
Refuse to buy
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