chapter 30 stuff for whap
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racheybelle on February 1, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 entrepreneurship | the process whereby an individual initiates a business at some risk in order to expand it and thereby earn a profit |
| self-determination | in politics, the right of a people to shape its own national identity and form a government without outisde coercion of influence |
| piety | devotion to religious duty and practices |
| graduated income tax | a tax on income in which the tacation rates are progressively higher for those with higher income |
| levy | a forcible tax or other imposition |
| inelasticity | the inability to expand or contract rapidly |
| commercial paper | any business document having monetary or exhangeable value |
| promissory note | a written pledge to pay a certain person a specified some of money at a certain time |
| adulteration | debasing a product or substance by substituing poor-quality componenets ingredients |
| agricultural extension | the system of providding services and advice to farmers through dispersed local agnets |
| enclave | a small territory surrounded by foregin or hostile territory |
| gringo | contemptuous Latin American term for North Americans |
| censor | an official who examines publications, mail, literatirue, and so forth in order to remove or prohibit the distribution of material deemed dangerous or offensive. |
| torpedo | to launch from a submarine or airplane a self propelled underwater explosive designed to detonate on impact |
| draft | in politics to choose an individual to run for office without the person's prior solicitation of the nomination |
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