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A method of classifying inventory items with categories which are of high value, less costly, and/or low-cost items

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ABC Method

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The art of making the public aware of the services or commodities that the business has for sale

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Advertising

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Federal legislation that requires employers to treat applicants and employees equally regardless of age

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Age Discrimination Act of 1967

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A grouping of accounts receivable into age categories based upon the length of time they have been outstanding on the company record

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Aging Schedule

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Legislation that guarantees disabled people equal access to employment, as well as access to public places

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Private investors who are willing to supply financing for new and/or risky small venture start-ups

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Angels

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A written document that states explicitly the rights and duties of partners in a partnership

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Articles of partnership

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A measure of the accounts receivable turnover

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Average Collection Period

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Association of business firms that promotes ethical conduct by all corporation

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Better Business Bureau

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The governing body that is elected by the stockholders of a corporation

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Board of Directors

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A qualification that s absolutely necessary for the job

An allowed and approved reason for discrimination

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Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

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The cost of a fixed asset less accumulated depreciation

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Book Value

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The identification for a product

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Brand

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The point at which total sales revenue equals totals operating costs; determined by formula or chart

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Break-Even Analysis

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The forcible breaking and entering of premises closed for business with the subsequent removal of cash or merchandise

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Burglary

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An organization that combines inputs of raw materials, capital, labor, and management skills to produce useful outputs of goods and services so as to earn a profit

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Business

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Insurance that protects companies during the period necessary to restore property damaged by an insured peril. Coverage pays for lost income and other expenses related to recovery

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Business Interruption Insurance

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A written description of a new idea that projects marketing, operational, and financial aspects of a proposed business

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Business Plan/New Venture Plan

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Fundamental statements that serve as guides to management practice

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Business Policies

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Insurance that provides monetary benefits to a business that has experienced an unforeseen peril such as flood, fire, etc

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Casualty Insurance

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Source of market data that explains where certain businesses are located

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Census of Business

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Source of market data that keeps track of new home sales by region and/or the construction of new houses by region and specific area

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Census of Housing

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Source of market data that compiles population statistics with regard to distribution of population by region, area, etc

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Census of Population

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The superior-subordinate relationship that serves as a channel for two-way communication

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Chain of Command

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An association of business people who attempt to protect and promote the commercial interests in a community

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Chamber of Commerce

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Source of market data that explains where certain manufacturers are located

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Census of Manufacturing

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The current asset items consisting of cash, inventories, and accounts receivable

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Circulating Capital

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Federal legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, or national origin

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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A clause in an insurance policy under which the insured agrees to maintain insurance equal to some specified percentage of the property value or otherwise to assume a portion of any loss

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Coinsurance Clause

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The practice of trying to obtain something that is being sought by other under similar circumstances at the same time

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Competition

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A type of credit granted by retailers that is used by individuals or families for satisfaction of their own wants

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Consumer Credit

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The emphasis placed on providing to customers products and services that are safe, reliable, and honestly advertised

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Consumerism

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A social movement that seeks to strengthen the rights of consumers relative to sellers

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Conumerism

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A management function which compares organizational and individual performance with predetermined standards or expected results

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Controlling/Evaluating

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The registered right of a creator to reproduce, publish, and sell the work which is the product of the intelligence and skill of that person

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Copyright

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Those individuals who flee the bureaucratic environment of big business by going into business for themselves

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Corporate Refugees

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An artificial being invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law

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Corporation

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An entity that is something that has a distinct existence separate and apart from the existence of its individual members

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Corporation

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The written application for permission to incorporate that is approved by a state official

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Corporation Charter

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An agreement that payment for a product or service will be made at some later date

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Credit

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An organization of retailers and other firms in a given community that serves its members by summarizing that credit experience with particular individuals

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Credit Bureau

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Insurance that protects non-retailing businesses from abnormal bad-debt losses

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Credit Insurance

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The current assets divided by the current liabilities and a measure of the liquidity of the business

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Current Ratio

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Any borrowed or loaned capital invested in the business that must be repaid to creditors

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Debt Equity

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Insurance policy provision that makes the insurer liable only for losses in excess of the stated deductible

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Deductible Clause

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A superior’s act of granting to subordinated, on the basis of competence, the right to act or decide

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Delegation of Authority

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The statistical study of human populations with respect to their size, density, distribution, composition, and income

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Demographics

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Regulating the activities of an organization

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Directing (Actuating)

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To guide and/or supervise the activities of an organization

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Directing (Actuating)

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A business valuation approach which centers on estimating the amount of potential income that may be produced by the business in the next year

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Earnings Valuation Approach

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The wealth produced in or near a community that provides employment and income to the local population

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Economic Base

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The quantity to be purchased which minimizes total costs

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Economic Order Quantity

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A record of statements made at the time the applicant first seeks employment

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Employment Application

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The primary way of judging the job applicant’s appearance, poise, speech, etc.

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Employment Interview

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Life insurance that allows the insured, rather than the beneficiary to collect the face value of the policy upon maturity or to collect that value in annual payments

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Endowment Life Insurance

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One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business firm or venture

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Entrepreneur

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The absence of employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

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Equal Employment Opportunity Act

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Outlaws discrimination in pay against those who are over forty years old

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Equal Pay Act

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A management function which compares organizational and individual performance with predetermined standards or expected results

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Evaluating (Controlling)

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Obtaining cash before payments are received from customers by selling off one’s accounts receivables to a third party

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Factoring

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Outlaws discriminatory practices in pay

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Fair Labor Standards Act (Wage and Hour)

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Requires employers to pay a minimum wage to employees, and to pay a minimum of one and one half times regular rate for any hours beyond forty worked in a week

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Fair Labor Standards Act (Wage and Hour)

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The business function of effectively obtaining and using funds

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Finance

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Long term capital that is invested in the small business, as well as funds invested in such long-term assets as: land, building, machinery, furniture, fixtures, and other equipment

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Fixed Capital

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A cost that, for a given period of time and range of activity called the relevant range, does not change in total, but becomes progressively smaller on a per unit basis as volume increases

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Fixed Expenses

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These expenses do not increase with increased business, not do they decrease with declining business activity

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Fixed Expenses

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Insurance covering business liability to customers who might be injured on or off premises or from the product sold to them

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General Liability Insurance

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An intangible asset such as the name of a funeral home

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Goodwill

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An intangible asset which enables a business to earn a profit in excess of the normal rate of profit earned by other businesses of the same kind

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Goodwill

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Determining personnel needs in terms of numbers of individuals and their required skills

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Human Resource Forecast

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Process of acquiring, training, developing, motivating, and appraising a sufficient quantity of qualified employees to perform necessary activites

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Human Resource Management

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Developing activities and an organizational climate conductive to maximum efficiency and worker satisfaction

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Human Resource Management

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Developing a comprehensive strategy for meeting future human resource needs

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Human Resource Planning

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Federal legislation requiring employers to check job applicants’ papers to be sure they are either US citizens or aliens authorized to work in the US

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Immigration Reform Act

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The introduction of something new

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Innovation

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A new idea, method, or device

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Innovation

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Balance of costly goods paid for in small monthly (fractional) payments over a period of time

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Installment Credit (Closed End Credit)

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Uneventful protection for the small business or small business owner in regards to monetary compensation in the even that a business and/or personal peril is experienced

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Insurance

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Those assets that cannot be touched or grasped

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Intangible assets

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The dependency of businesses on one another

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Interdependence

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A job-analysis technique in which individuals currently holding a particular job are asked questions concerning the requirements of the job

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Interviewing

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Those goods or stock of goods which are held for resale at a profit

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Inventory (Merchandise)

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The number of times the average inventory has been sold or used up during a period

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Inventory Turnover

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The process of determining the critical components of a job for purposes of selecting,, training, and rewarding personnel

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Job Analysis

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A document that lists the major responsibilities and tasks of the job

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Job Description

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A document that lists the knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal characteristics a job holder must possess to perform effectively

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Job Specification

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Life insurance that protects a firm against losses due to the death of a key employee

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Key-Person Life Insurance

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Insurance that covers business liability to customers of others who might be injured from the product sold to them

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Liability Insurance

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Insurance that provides death benefits to the survivors of the insured

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Life Insurance

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New form of business ownership, approved in most states since 1994, combines aspects of partnerships with the limited liability of a corporation, owners known as members

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Limited Liability Company

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An understanding between a bank and the business indicating the maximum amount the bank is willing to loan the borrower

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Line of Credit

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The anticipated value of an asset that would be realized in case of liquidation of the business

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Liquidation Value (Market Value) Approach

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The art and science of motivating people toward the achievement of a goal

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Management

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A business that makes finished goods from raw materials by hand or machinery

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Manufacturing Business

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A reduction of selling price below the original selling price

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Markdown

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A group of potential customers possessing purchasing power and unsatisfied needs

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Market

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The process of planning and executing the development, pricing promotion, and distribution of an organization’s goods or service

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Marketing

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A study that is used by a business to determine where the potential customers are located

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Market Survey

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An approach used in business valuation which determines value based upon previous sales of similar businesses

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Market Value Approach

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The difference between merchandise cost and selling price

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Markup

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A business that purchases finished goods for resale

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Merchandising Business

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A claim given by the borrower to the lender against the borrower’s property in return for a loan

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Mortgage

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A loan secured by a mortgage on property

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Mortgage Loan

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A governmental agency with the responsibility for regulatory and enforcement safety and health matters for most United States employees; an individuals state OSHA agency may supersede the US Department of Labor OSHA regulations

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Occupational Safety And Health Act (OSHA)

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A line of credit that may be used over and over again up to a certain borrowing limit

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Open-End Credit (Revolving Credit)

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A comparison of profit and each item of expense in the income statement expressed as a percentage of sales income
The operating ratios can be compared to the industry standards in regard to measuring the possible growth of the business

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Operating Ratios

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To arrange or constitute in interdependent parts, each having a specific function or relation with respect to the whole

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Organizing

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The arrangement and distribution of work among members of an organization

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Organizing

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Expenses incurred in the normal operation of a business

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Overhead

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The voluntary association of two or more people who have combined their resources to carry on as co-owners of a lawful enterprise for their joint profit

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Partnership

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The registered right of an inventor to make, use, and sell an invention

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Patent

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Capital that is invested in the business by the owner(s)

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Personal Capital (Equity Capital)

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That function of determining in advance what needs to be accomplished in order to achieve a particular goal

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Planning

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Factors which influence price

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Pricing Policy

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Insurance that protects a firm against claims that its product caused bodily injury or property damage to the user

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Product Liability Insurance

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The process of forming a pool of qualified applicants for tasks that need to be filled

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Recruitment

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The fair market price to purchase similar products in similar condition

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Replacement Value Approach

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Written summary of one’s personal, educational, and professional achievements

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Resume

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A condition in which there is a possibility of an adverse deviation from a desired outcome that is expected or hoped for

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Risk

120
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All efforts designed to preserve assets and earning power associated with a business

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Risk Management

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a plan which provides inducements to potential purchasers of products and/or services

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Sales Promotion

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A form of risk management whereby a part of the firm’s earnings is earmarked as a contingency fund for possible future losses, specifically for individual loss categories such as property, medical, or worker’s compensation

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Self-Insurance

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A business that provides a service as opposed to a business

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Service Business

124
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A business which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field of operations

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Small Business

125
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The principal government agency concerned with the financing, operation, and management of small businesses

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Small Business Administration

126
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A business owned by one person who is subject to claims of creditors

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Sole Proprietorship

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A management function dealing with the recruitment, selection, placement, training, development, and appraisal of the employees of the firm

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Staffing

128
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Those assets that can be appraised by value or seen or touched

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Tangible Assets

129
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Life insurance that has no cash value whenever the policy expires

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Term Life Insurance

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A form of credit that is extended by one business to another business to help finance distribution of producer’s goods

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Trade Credit

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An intangible asset that is a distinct name, sign, or symbol that the federal government grants exclusive rights to use for a specified period of time

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Trademark

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A combination of whole life insurance and term life insurance

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Universal Life Insurance

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A cost which is uniform per unit, but fluctuates in direct proportion to change in the related total activity or volume

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Variable Expense

134
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Anyone that invests in, or financially sponsors, a new business

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Venture Capitalist

135
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Outlaws discrimination in employment against Vietnam Era Veterans

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Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act

136
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Life insurance that gives lifetime protection to the insured person

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Whole Life Insurance

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The difference between current assets and current liabilities

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Working Capital (Circulating Capital)

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