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SS Ch.19 vocab
the growth of industry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consolidation | the process of uniting : the quality or state of being united |
| Rebate | a partial refund to someone who has paid too much money for tax, rent, or a utility. |
| Pool (business terms not a swimming pool) | a group sharing in some activity, for example, among railroad barons who made secret agreements and set rates among themselves. |
| Assembly line | a production system with machines and worker arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before him or her. |
| Mass production | |
| Stock | |
| Shareholder | |
| Trust (in business terms) | |
| Monopoly (in terms of business) | |
| Philanthropy | |
| Merger (in terms of business) | |
| Sweatshop | |
| Trade Union | |
| Strikebreaker | |
| Injunction |