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Across
  1. 6. - act of buying stock at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise
  2. 7. - buying stock by paying only fraction of the stock and borrowing the rest
  3. 10. - projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds
  4. 11. - persistent and heavy demands by a banks depositors
  5. 13. - an agent who negotiates an exchange between a buyer and a seller
  6. 15. - to take possession of property because of defaults on payments
  7. 17. - a dam is curved upstream in order to transmit the major part of the water load to abutments
  8. 18. - aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
  9. 19. - a mosaic flooring that has pisces of marble or granite set in mortar and is then highly polished
Down
  1. 1. - an index or tool that measures the performance of the stock of 30 companies
  2. 2. - a homeless person
  3. 3. - monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
  4. 4. - to cover financial losses
  5. 5. - a person who risks money in hopes of financial profit
  6. 8. - abbreviated term for poliomyelitis
  7. 9. - a long period of rising stock prices
  8. 12. - a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
  9. 13. - minor officers of the courts
  10. 14. - demand by a broken that investors pay back loans made for stock purchased on margin
  11. 16. - a system for buying and selling stock in corporations