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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| monopoly | exists when only one company provides a product or service without competition from other companies. |
| price descrimination | setting different prices for different customers. |
| false advertising | is advertising that is misleading in some important way, icluding the failure to reveal facts about possible results from using the advertised products. |
| bankrupcy | is a legal process that allows the selling of assets to pay off debts. |
| patent | is an agreement in which the federeal government gives an inventor the sole right for 20 years to make, use, and sell an invention or process. |
| copyright | is similar to a patent in that the federal government gives an author a sole right to reproduce, publish, and sell literary or artistic work for the life of the author typically plus 70 years. |
| trademark | is a distingushing name, symbol, or special mark placed on a good or service that is legally reserved for the sole use of the owner. |
| information liability | the responsibility for physical or economic injury arising from incorrect data or wrongful use of data. |
| cookies | are files of information about the user that some Web sites create and store on the user's own computer. |
| interstate commerce | is defined as business operations and transactions that cross state lines, such as products that are produced in one state and sold in other states. |
| intrastate commerce | is defined as business transacted within a state. |
| licensing | as a way to limit and control those who plan to enter cartain types of businesses. |
| public franchise | is a contract that permits a person or organization to use public property for private profit. |
| building codes | control physical features of structures. |
| zoning | regulations specify which land areas may be used for homes and which areas may be used for different types of businesses. |