Economics

1. Laws in a city or town that designate certain areas or zones, for residential and business use
3. the merger of two or more firms involved in different stages of producing the same good or service
5. A certificate of ownership in a corporation
7. All nonmilitary people who are employed or unemployed
9. Partnership in which only one partner is requried to be general, and the other has limited responsibilities
10. institution that functions much like a business but does not operate for the purpose of making profit
13. The ownership structure of a company or firm
14. payments to employees other than wages or salary
15. A legal entity, or being, owned by individual stockholders, each who have limited liabilities
16. A formal contract issues by a corporation that includes a promise to pay back borrowed money
17. The money and other valuables belonging to an individual or business
18. Movement of some of a comapany's operations, or resources of production, to another country
19. a retail outlet owned and operated by consumers that sells merchandise to members at a reduced price

2. Practice of contracting with another company to do a specific job
4. The share earnings given by a franchise as a payment to the franchiser
5. A business owned and managed by a single individual
6. Authorization to operate a business issued by the local government
8. Semi-Independent business that pays fees to parent company
11. The portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders
12. Theory that suggests that the completion of college signals to employers that a job applicant is intelligent and hard-working