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| corporations definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | businesses owned by many investors | 4 sets | |
| 2 | groups of ividuals authorized by law to act as a single entity; a business owned by many investors | 4 sets | |
| 3 | companies that sell shares of ownership, called stocks, to investors in order to raise money. | 3 sets | |
| 4 | add | 2 sets | |
| 5 | bussinesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares. | 2 sets | |
| 6 | a body that is granted a charter recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own rights, privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members. | 2 sets | |
| 7 | businesses that sell shares of stock to investors | 2 sets | |
| 8 | businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares | 2 sets | |
| 9 | businesses owned by stockholders; best way to raise cash | 2 sets | |
| 10 | firms organized as legal entities separate from their owners, the stockholders, who, by law, have limited liability | 2 sets | |
| 11 | company that is a large business | 2 sets | |
| 12 | a company that has grown into a larger status into big buisness | 2 sets | |
| 13 | corp., inc. ltd, co.; stockholders are the same as shareholders | 1 set | |
| 14 | often supported by the govt. and not allowed to collapse so economy has stagnated | 1 set | |
| 15 | are gov/comp hybrids | 1 set | |
| 16 | a company recognized by law to exsist independently from it's owners with the ability to own property borrow money sue or be sued | 1 set | |
| 17 | businesses | 1 set | |
| 18 | gov/company hybrid | 1 set | |
| 19 | individuals that own or manage a business | 1 set | |
| 20 | businesses that allow people to buy stock in the company | 1 set | |
| 21 | large businesses that sell ownership in a company | 1 set | |
| 22 | a company that acts as a singular entity. | 1 set | |
| 23 | businesses often helped and supported by government - since they aren't allowed to fail the economy has stagnatedcul | 1 set | |
| 24 | a grop of investors who bu shares of stock in a company | 1 set | |
| 25 | *as a sole proprietorship or partnership grows, it can turn into this. stockholders finance the organization. a board of directors select a chairperson and other corporate officers to run the company. advantage because company knows who is liable for what. | 1 set | |
| 26 | a buisness organization thats owned by stockholders and treated as an individual person | 1 set | |
| 27 | buisness operation that is ownedby stock holders and is treated by law as if it were an individual person | 1 set | |
| 28 | an organization (person) that is granted permission by the legislature of a state to carry on a particulat kind of buisness | 1 set | |
| 29 | a legal entity owned by individual stock holders | 1 set | |
| 30 | businesses that are treated as a person, and are legally owned by their stockholders, who are not liable for the actions of the corporate "person" | 1 set | |
| 31 | companies that sell shares of ownerships to investors | 1 set | |
| 32 | these were created to raise large amounts of money | 1 set | |
| 33 | owned by shareholders in proportion to the number of shares of stock they hold; shareholders hold no personal liability over the debt of the firm | 1 set | |
| 34 | corporate form of organizations, instead of individual or family ownership of companies, the ownsership was now divided into stocks - stockholders each owned a small portion of the total. began in textile industry and then idea rapidly grew. | 1 set | |
| 35 | a company owned by stockholders or investors | 1 set | |
| 36 | business organizations that are legally distinct from their owners and treated as if they were individuals | 1 set | |
| 37 | large business organizations | 1 set | |
| 38 | businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares. | 1 set | |
| 39 | companies that sell shares of ownership (stocks) to investors to raise money | 1 set | |
| 40 | they are subject to the most government regulation | 1 set | |