Ch.19 Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| rebate | a discount or deduction on a sum of money due |
| pool | a group of sharing in some activity, for example,among railroads barons who made secret agreements and set rates among themselves |
| assembly line | a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before him or her |
| mass production | a production of large quantities of goods using using machinery and often an assembly line |
| stock | shares ownership a company sells in its business which often carry voting power |
| shareholder | a person who invests in a cooperation by buying stock and is a partial owner |
| trust | a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition |
| monopoly | total control of a type of industry by one person or one company |
| philanthropy | charitable acts or gifts of money to benefit the community |
| merger | the combining of two or more businesses into one |
| sweat shop | a shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions |
| Trade union | organization of workers with the same trade or skill |
| Strike breaker | person hired to replace a striking worker in order to break up the strike |
| injuction | a court order to stop an action, such as a strike |
| consolidation | to bring together |
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