Economics Review

3. limit commercial use of land in order to prevent oil, manufacturing or other types of businesses from building in residential neighborhoods.
4. an extra benefit supplementing an employee's salary, for example, a company car, subsidized meals, health insurance, etc.
7. is the process of distinguishing a product or service from others, to make it more attractive to a particular target market.
8. something you own
9. a state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers.
13. a person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage.
15. illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially between ostensible opponents in a lawsuit.
17. the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.
18. an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition.

1. the maintaining of prices at a certain level by agreement between competing sellers.
2. is the simplest and most common structure chosen to start a business.
5. a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.
6. a sum of money paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or to an author or composer for each copy of a book sold or for each public performance of a work.
10. is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
11. the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
12. a sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
14. n 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.
16. an agreement with legal force, in particular.