Business Terms

1. The money invested into a business by the owners
4. A person or company that grants the license to a third party for the conducting of a business under their marks
6. Companies that have separate legal status from their owners
8. The state of disagreement or misunderstanding, resulting from the actual or perceived dissent of needs, beliefs, etc. between the members of the organization.
9. When two or more businesses agree to start a new project together
11. A business owned by one person
12. They are the owners of a limited company. They buys shares which represents part ownership of a company
13. A company owned by the government that provides public services, they have a legal entity separate from their owners
14. company A company that trades on the stock exchange. The shares can be traded and sold by any member of the public
17. Protects the owner, and shareholders, so they can’t lose more money than they invested in an investment
18. A legal requirement for all companies
19. A decrease in assets or resources

2. The part of an economy that is controlled by the state
3. A type of company whose shares are not traded on a stock market and their shareholders are offered limited liability
5. A written and legal agreement between business partners, not needed but recommended
7. The possibility a company will have lower than anticipated profits or experience a loss rather than taking a profit
10. The positive gain remaining for a business after all costs and expenses have been deducted from total sales
14. A form of business where two or more people agree to jointly
15. Payments made to the shareholders from the profits, post-tax, of a company
16. sector The part of the national economy that is not under direct state control