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The Roaring Twenties
Chapter 7 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Consumer Good | A product made for personal use |
Installment Buying | Taking home a product after paying only part of a price and then making monthly payments until the product is paid for |
Interest | The fee a borrower pays to a lender for the use of money |
Stock Market | A place where people buy and sell shares of a company or business |
Stock | A share of a business or company |
Advertising | Information that a business provides about a product or service to make people want to buy it |
Commercial Industry | An industry that is run to make a profit |
Urban | Of or like a city |
Rural | Of or like the country; away from the city |
Suburb | A community or neighborhood that lies outside a city |
Commute | To travel back and forth to work |
Architect | A person who designs buildings |
Jazz | A music style influenced by the music of West Africa as well as by spirituals and blues |
Renaissance | A time of great interest and activity in the arts |