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US History Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gross national product | the total value of all goods and services that a country produces during a year |
| laissez-faire | a policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| time zone | a geographic region in which the same standard time is kept |
| land grant | a grant of land by the federal government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges |
| corporation | an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person |
| economies of scale | the reduction in the cost of a good brought about especially by increased production at a given facility |
| monopoly | total control of a type of industry by one person or one company |
| trust | a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition |
| holding company | a company whose primary business is owning a controlling share of stock in other companies |
| deflation | a decline in the volume of available money or credit that results in lower prices, and therefore increases the buying power of money |
| industrial union | an organization of common laborers and craft workers in a particular industry |
| lockout | a company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enters its facilities to work |
| arbitration | settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider |
| injunction | a court order whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act |
| closed shop | an agreement in which a company agrees to hire only union members |