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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| capitalism | the economic system characterized by private ownership and distribution of completely in a free market |
| free enterprise | the freedom of private business to operate for profit competitively and without undue government intervention |
| industrialism | social organization in which industries, especially large scale ones, are dominant |
| sequestered | withdrawn or secluded |
| aristocracy | the small privileged class of nobility or the very wealthy |
| capital | the amount of property or money available |
| stockholder | someone who has purchased stock, also known as a shareholder |
| consolidation | the merging of businesses into one large organization |
| mobilized | assembled and ready for war duty |
| monopoly | the exclusive control of a commodity or production by a business |
| standardized | brought to conformity; making all alike |
| bourgeoisie | the middle class, especially those having views influenced by private property interest |
| collective bargaining | negotiations between an employer and union Representatives concerning wages, hours, and working conditions |
| compensation | payment to an unemployed an injured worker or his family |
| laissez-faire | the policy opposing government intervention in economics |
| proletariat | the poorest class of working people in society. according to the Marxist theory, it is the social class of industrial workers who must earn their living by selling their labor |
| socialism | any of a number of economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership of the means of production of goods |
| tariff | taxes on imported goods |