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11.111.2
Amber Brasket Role of GOV in economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Business that takes place between states. | Interstate commerce |
| Business that takes place within states | Intrastate commerce |
| occurs when a company controls an industry or is the only one to offer a product or service. | monopoly |
| occurs when a small number of companies control an industry | oligopoly |
| group of companies that band together to form a monopoly and cut out competition | trust |
| allow the Federal government to break up monopolies, regulate them, or take control of them | Antitrust laws |
| legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties | contract |
| occurs when one party fails to live up to the terms of a contract | breach of contract |
| gives artists the legal right to own their creations | Copyright |
| legal grant for the sole right to own an invention | patent |
| trademark | name symbol, or a characteristic that identifies a product |
| income that governments get from all sources | Revenue |
| occurs when a business offers a public good orservice | Privatization |
| monetary grants given to producers or consumers to encourage certain behaviors | Subsidies |
| amount of money people and businesses pay governments to help run the nation | tax |
| temporary reduction or elimination of a tax that is meant to encourage or discourage an activity | tax incentive |
| *federal | of or relating to the central government or a ferderation as distinguishing from the governments of the constituent units |
| *enable | to make possible, pratical, or easy |
| *symbol | something that stands for or suggests something else b reason of re;ationship, association, convention, or accidental resemble |
| *Registered | Enrolled formally |
| *incintives | Something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| *welfare | the state of doing well, especially in respect to good fortune, happinesses, wellbeing, or prosperity |
| *ensure | to make sure, certain, or safe |
| *allocate | To apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things |
| special tax benefit given to promote specific economic or social objectives | tax break |
| government expense that is providd to help people | transfer payment |
| items that consumers purchase directly from business | goods and sevices |