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Entrepreneurial cpt.
Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Entrepreneurship | the activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. |
Entrepreneurs | a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. |
Franchise | an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, e.g., providing a broadcasting service or acting as an agent for a company's products. |
Sole Propietorships | A business that legally has no separate existence from its owner. Income and losses are taxed on the individual's personal income tax return |
Unlimited Liability | refers to the legal obligations general partners and sole proprietors because they are liable for all business debts if the business can't pay its liabilities. |
Partnership | an arrangement in which two or more individuals share the profits and liabilities of a business venture. Various arrangements are possible: all partners might share liabilities and profits equally, or some partners may have limited liability. |
General partership | an arrangement by which partners conducting a business jointly have unlimited liability, which means their personal assets are liable to the partnership's obligations. |
Limited Partnership | a partnership consisting of a general partner, who manages the business and has unlimited personal liability for the debts and obligations of the Limited Partnership, and a limited partner, who has limited liability but cannot participate in management. |
Limited Liability | where a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a company or partnership. |
Corporation | a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law. |
Stockholders | a shareholder. |
Foreign Corporation | a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law. |
Limited Liability Company | a corporate structure whereby the members of the company cannot be held personally liable for the company's debts or liabilities. are essentially hybrid entities that combine the characteristics of a corporation and a partnership or sole proprietorship. |
Doing Bussiness As (DBA) | a term that is used in today's business industry in regards to the liability and formal actions that are taken by a particular company. Doing business as means that the company is working under a fictitious name, concealing its true identity. |
Articles of Incorporation | also referred to as the certificate of incorporation or the corporate charter, act as a charter to establish the existence of a corporation in the United States and Canada, and are filed with the Secretary of State, or other company registrar. |